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Anne Ewbank

Anne Ewbank

Gastro Obscura's senior associate editor

Based in Northern California

Get in touch at: anne.ewbank@atlasobscura.com

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Feast Your Eyes on This Glorious Crocheted Food

Trevor Smith's creations are fuzzy, cozy, and downright edible-looking.

January 31, 2018

You Can (Probably) Still Drink the World’s Oldest Bottle of Wine

But it won't taste good.

January 29, 2018

When Food Dye Was Made From Coal Tar

It was considered almost magical.

January 23, 2018

An Anthropologist Explains Why We Want to Eat Tide Pods

But you really shouldn't swallow laundry tablets.

January 19, 2018

Watch Andy Warhol Stoically Eat a Whopper

He has some trouble with the ketchup.

January 18, 2018

Horatio Nelson's Grog Chest Just Sold for $95,000

Also, what is grog?

January 18, 2018

forgotten foods

The Forgotten Fruit That Looks Like an Anus

Medlars' shapes once inspired a lot of jokes.

January 16, 2018

When the Soviet Union Paid Pepsi in Warships

The company had a long, strange relationship with the U.S.S.R.

January 12, 2018

New York City Officials Hunted Down 10 Food Poisoning Outbreaks Using Yelp

The key words are sick, vomit, diarrhea, and food poisoning.

January 11, 2018

Australian Soldiers Used to Write Letters Home on Crackers

They were easier to find than paper.

January 10, 2018

Like Avocados? Thank This Giant Extinct Sloth

They ate avocados, pit and all.

January 9, 2018

Remembering the Astronaut Who Smuggled a Sandwich Into Space

He got into a lot of trouble.

January 8, 2018

The Holiday That Celebrates Apples With Rifles and Cider

Hanging toast on trees feeds good spirits.

January 5, 2023

culinary crimes

Watch a Thief Steal a $1.3 Million Bottle of Vodka

Cameras caught the burglar snatching the diamond-and-gold decorated liquor.

January 4, 2018

new year nibbles

Lemon Pigs Are the World’s Newest New Year’s Tradition

They go viral roughly every 50 years.

January 3, 2018

The Grocery List Sketched by Michelangelo

You can't sculpt like Michelangelo, but you can eat like him.

January 2, 2018

The Glamorous Train Line That Justified a Brutal Occupation

Even the lunch menu had a nationalistic agenda.

December 18, 2017

Since 1700, Wine Glasses Have Gotten 7 Times Bigger

And they probably make us drink more.

December 15, 2017

Building a Life-Sized Gingerbread House Takes Over 10,000 Cookie Bricks

To be ready by Christmas, you better start baking in August.

December 14, 2017

In 19th-Century Britain, The Hottest Status Symbol Was a Painting of Your Cow

The livestock looked surprisingly geometric.

December 13, 2017

Researchers Built a 'Nose' to Find Rotting Food and Dead People

Say goodbye to the sniff test!

December 12, 2017

Recreating King Midas's 2,700-Year-Old Feast

A mysterious tomb contained a royal feast. Scientific analysis made it possible to taste once again.

December 11, 2017

The Story Behind Britain's Unexpected Mega-Apples

How one of the country's favorite apples went from pint-sized to pound-sized.

December 8, 2017

The Psychic Tea Rooms of 1930s New York Didn't Predict All the Police Raids

Tea parlors were the battleground in a war against fortune telling.

December 7, 2017