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…
The Plant Behind the Product. By the time food reaches your kitchen, most of it has been husked or ground past recognition. Cinnamon shows up as rust-colored dust in a glass jar, a long way…
Society Has Given Food A Gender. All that really matters when it comes to food should be whether or not it tastes good or is good for your body. Yet somehow, society has managed to…
Some Classics Are Better Left in the History Books. From Chicago's loaded hot dogs to New York-style pizza, America has plenty of bizarre dishes that are, strange as they might seem on the surface, worth…
Fernando Santander on UnsplashFor 95 years, you couldn't legally buy a bottle of absinthe anywhere in the United States. The ban started in 1912, five years before Congress passed Prohibition, and it outlasted Prohibition by…
