How India’s ‘Mango Man’ Grew a Tree With 300 Flavors
(via Atlas Obscura) Kalimullah Khan was inspired by a crossbred rose bush.
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Food
Top 10 Once-Popular Treats You Can No Longer Eat
(via Listverse) There are plenty of once-popular dishes from around the world that fell out of favor, but then there
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The Bangkok Bakeries Preserving a 250-Year-Old Cupcake Recipe
(via Atlas Obscura) The treat represents the diverse history of the Kudeejeen neighborhood.
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8 Curious Recipes From the Depression Era
(via Mental Floss) According to historians, modern society can learn a lot from the myriad ways people put food on
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The Stories Behind 15 Pasta Shapes
(via Mental Floss) Most people know the story of Venetian explorer Marco Polo bringing noodles back home from China. It’s
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Remembering America’s Golden Age of Hot Sodas
(via Atlas Obscura) Drink like a Prohibition-era teen with recipes for the Hot Cherry Egg Bounce and Hot Egg Lime
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The ‘Pie Engineer’ Who Designed a Dessert For the Jazz Age
(via Atlas Obscura) With a new filling and a new crust, an American innovator changed pie forever.
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At This Portuguese Bakery, the Recipes Were Written by Nuns Centuries Ago
(via Atlas Obscura) The owner of Alcôa has devoted decades to recovering lost pastries.
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Inside the Gently Competitive World of Giant Vegetable Growing
(via Atlas Obscura) Great Britain’s greatest green thumbs break records every year.
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How an Arizonan Company Turns Cacti Into Candy
(via Atlas Obscura) Prickly pear gummies are a taste of the Sonoran Desert.
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A Brief History of Ketchup and Mustard
(via Mental Floss) Around 300 BCE, people in China were experimenting with making pungent pastes out of fermented fish guts.
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Inside Naples’ World-Famous Pizza Culture
(via Smithsonian) For hundreds of years, artisans in the southern Italian city have been cooking up the ultimate fast food
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