Anastasia Belousova on PexelsTraditional Westphalian pumpernickel spends between 16 and 24 hours in a sealed tin at a little over 100°C. The long, low bake gives it its nearly black color and mild sweetness without…
Jahra Tasfia Reza on PexelsAsk a room of drinkers which cocktail ingredient is banned around the world and most of them will say absinthe. That answer stopped being right nearly twenty years ago. The United…
Perfect for Date Night. Planning the perfect meal for two? Well, you're in luck: though you might not think it, food plays a pretty major role in romance, so long as you pick the right…
Good Rot, Bad Rot. Blue fuzz on a slice of sandwich bread goes in the trash. Blue fuzz in a wheel of Roquefort goes on a cheese board at $30 a pound. What separates them…
Jesper Brouwers on UnsplashIn May 2009, supermarkets across several German states pulled a cola off the shelf because a government laboratory had found cocaine in it. The number the lab reported was 0.4 micrograms per…
Yaroslav Shuraev on PexelsDo you experience regular digestive problems? If so, you're probably more than familiar with FODMAP, which stands for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols—in other words, they're certain carbohydrates that might be…
Somebody Did This on Purpose. Every food on this list was made this way deliberately by people who knew exactly what they were doing. Mold arrives from a spray bottle, and a brick of soybeans…
Someone Did the Hard Part. The price sticker on a jar of olives tells you nothing about how it got there. Machines took over the easy crops decades ago, and the delicate ones still come…
More Approachable Than You Think. Craving steak au poivre or crème brûlée? You might think you'd have to make a reso at a fancy French spot to satisfy your taste buds, but despite the difficult-to-pronounce…
