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<em>Zhū nǎo tāng</em>, meaning 'pig brain soup,' is one of many preparations for brain in China.
brain

In Defense of Eating Brains

While some in the West are squeamish, globally, it's more common than not.
Andrew Coletti February 16, 2024
Roosevelt's lemon "hat" gets thrown into the "ring" of the cocktail glass.
presidents

The Obscure Presidential Cocktail That Made You Pick Sides

In 1912, the way you drank a "Teddy Hat" signaled support for Roosevelt or Taft.
Rachel Lane February 15, 2024
Though traditional tāngyuán are plain dumplings, you can also make artful variations.
holiday

5 Recipes to Make for Lunar New Year

Welcome the Year of the Dragon with fortune-telling soups, lucky goldfish dumplings, and more.
Sam O'Brien February 9, 2024
Mory's in New Haven, Connecticut is home to an age-old drinking tradition.
victorian

Have a Trophy? Mix This Victorian Drink in It

Long before the Stanley cup craze, people were showing off with trendy drinking vessels.
Anne Ewbank January 29, 2024
Behold, the bucolic marvel that is Welsh sheep-shearing cake.
food

Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Recipes of 2023

Feast on real-life zombie fungus and tiger tail ice cream.
Diana Hubbell December 28, 2023
A rare counter-example to the flood of Temperance maps.
prohibition

This Prohibition-Era Map Is a Love Letter to Alcohol

See dozens of 1920s cocktails from a time when alcohol was illegal in the U.S.
Frank Jacobs December 22, 2023
gravestones

Podcast: A Return to Recipe Graves

Honoring death with sweet recipes can be a cathartic memorial.
The Podcast Team December 19, 2023
Slivered almonds optionally add dragon-like spikes to the serpentone.
snakes

Make Italy’s Christmas Snake Cake

In Umbria, the holidays mean a piece of sweet, almondy serpentone.
Andrew Coletti December 15, 2023
A fast gift doesn't have to be a sloppy gift.
victorian

Last-Minute Gifts for Curious People

It’s never too late to inspire fascination about the world.
Danielle Hallock December 7, 2023
Written by Amelia Parenteau
food

How a Midnight Feast Became a Month-Long Dining Extravaganza in New Orleans

Revel in Réveillon all December long in the Crescent City.
<em>Apicius</em> doesn't specify decorating this dish with rose petals, but it adds a nice touch.
ancient

Make Ancient Roman Brain and Rose Soufflé

Somebody in the fifth century combined these ingredients into one recipe, and probably no one has since.
Andrew Coletti November 14, 2023
"It was just an acknowledgment of the love that went into her baking," Richard Dawson says of his mother's recipe epitaph.
cemeteries

The Family Recipes That Live On in Cemeteries

Around the world, recipe gravestones tell stories of love, grief, and remembrance.
Sam O'Brien October 31, 2023
Tiger tail ice cream features an unlikely but harmonious merger of black licorice, orange, and dairy.
food

Make Tiger Tail Ice Cream With Gastro Obscura

Recreating a vintage Canadian classic.
Andrew Coletti October 27, 2023
Modern-day versions of the Atholl Brose often contain cream and a sprinkle of nutmeg.
recipe

The Oat-Milk Cocktail That Took Down an Army

Amanda Schuster explores the origins of the Atholl Brose in “Signature Cocktails.”
Diana Hubbell October 12, 2023
Caraway and candied citrus flavor the buttery sponge.
cake

Welsh Sheep-Shearing Cake Is a Forgotten Pastoral Pleasure

Cacen gneifo was a traditional gift for farmhands during wool-gathering season.
Jamie Ellis September 22, 2023
Pizza alla Napoletana from Pellegrino Artusi's 1891 recipe.
food

Make 19th-Century 'Neapolitan Pizza' for Dessert

This "exquisite" recipe comes from the book that created our modern concept of Italian food.
Andrew Coletti September 20, 2023
An illustration of the ritual cremation of a 9th-century Viking leader.
vikings

Eat Like a Viking With This Bread Recipe

Cremated archaeological finds can tell us a lot about Early Medieval baking habits.
Paula Marcoux August 8, 2023
A group of men pose at Russell Camp, another camp for loggers in Maine, circa 1900.
recipe

Eat Like a 19th-Century Lumberjack With This Recipe

"One can work harder and longer on pork and beans...than on any other food with which I am acquainted, save bear meat."
Paula Marcoux July 28, 2023