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FOUND: $1,300 in a Domino's Box

September 22, 2015

The Long, Sweet Love Affair Between Cops and Doughnuts

September 18, 2015

I Tried to Recreate Medieval Kugel and Ended Up With a Fruitcake

September 14, 2015

Pizza Ovens That (Almost) Never Cool Off

September 11, 2015

Soothe Yourself By Watching Tiny Meals Being Cooked in Tiny Kitchens

September 3, 2015

Margarine Used To Be Pink, and More Colorful Tales From The Food Dye Industry

August 31, 2015

Pizza Doesn't Really Stretch That Way, And Other Devious Food Stylist Tricks

August 21, 2015

The History of Fake Meat Starts With the Seventh-Day Adventist Church

August 17, 2015

Beijing's Olympic Park is Now Full of Tiny, Technicolor Food Stalls

How Millions of Pounds of Maine Lobster Make It From New York to China

The History of Vending Machines Goes Back to the 1st Century

100 Wonders: Taco Time

Where Do Maryland Crabs Come From? Virginia, Apparently

Smile! It's the Fish With Human Teeth

FOUND: A Perfectly Round Chicken's Egg

Atomic Veggies: The Other Kind of GMO

The Greek-Canadian Origins of the Hawaiian Pizza

This controversial pie came from Ontario, not Oahu.

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See the Candied Animals Once Sold By Ninjas in Japan