20 Foods With Disputed Origins
Nobody Wants to Give Up the Credit. Food history would be much simpler if every famous dish came with an inventor, a date, and a clearly marked birthplace, but of course, it's never that simple.…
Nobody Wants to Give Up the Credit. Food history would be much simpler if every famous dish came with an inventor, a date, and a clearly marked birthplace, but of course, it's never that simple.…
Conflict Has Had a Surprising Influence on What We Eat. Wars have changed borders, governments, and entire economies, but they've also had a surprisingly lasting effect on the dinner table. When fresh ingredients became scarce,…
Fermentation Is Hiding in More Foods Than You Think. When you hear “fermented food,” kimchi, sauerkraut, and kombucha probably come to mind first. But fermentation plays a surprisingly big role in foods that don't look,…
Immigration Gave Familiar Foods a Whole New Identity. The U.S. has always borrowed heavily from the cuisines brought over by immigrants, but those dishes rarely stayed the same once they arrived. Ingredients were more plentiful,…
What’s Old Is Suddenly on the Menu Again. Food trends have a funny way of circling back, and Gen Z has been particularly willing to dig through the culinary past for inspiration. Thanks to TikTok,…
From Fancy to Everyday Foods. Some restaurant dishes used to come with a certain amount of luxury attached to them. You ordered them for anniversaries, business dinners, or nights when everyone actually bothered to dress…
Restaurant Menus Can Hide a Lot of Salt. Eating out doesn't automatically mean throwing healthy habits aside, but restaurant food can contain much more sodium than you'd expect. Sauces, cheese, cured meats, seasoning, broths, and…
The Snacks & Meals That Defined a Childhood. Millennials grew up during a strange time for food, when lunchboxes were packed with aggressively colorful snacks, microwaves handled a surprising amount of dinner, and nobody thought…
Delicious Food, Terrible Branding. Some foods have names that do absolutely nothing to help their case. You can know perfectly well that a dish is delicious and still hesitate when someone offers you something called…