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Why Midcentury Lawyers Spent 12 Years Arguing About Peanut Butter

It all started when the FDA launched an "assault on inferior peanut butters."

October 11, 2022

Fleeting Wonders: 27,581 Pumpkins Colonize a Town in Illinois

October 12, 2015

Pizza Rat's 2-Day Journey from Viral Video to Sexy Halloween Costume

October 8, 2015

The Miracle Sugar Substitute The FDA Won't Let You Have

September 24, 2015

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