Food & Drink

Tasty Origins

Who Invented Ice Cream? It's Complicated

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Tasty Origins

Why is an Eggplant called an Eggplant

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Quirky Facts

The Most Dangerous Honey in the World

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Tasty Origins

How the Aztecs Turned a Tiny Berry Into a Tomato

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Food Fiction

Why Do We Call It "Hair of the Dog"?

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Quirky Facts

A Jelly Bean Can Take Weeks to Make

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Beverage

Kentucky Has More Bourbon Than People

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Tasty Origins

Why Popcorn Explodes

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Tasty Origins

Why Butter is Yellow but Milk is White

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Nature's Bounty

Cod, Scrod, and Pollock: What You Are Actually Eating

Why Cod, Scrod, and Pollock Aren’t the Same Thing

Tasty Origins

Ice Made the Cocktail Possible

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Global Food Supply

Spain Produces the Most Olive Oil in the World

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Quirky Facts

Starbucks Dodged a Branding Bullet

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Quirky Facts

Why the Romans Thought Butter Was Barbaric

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Quirky Facts

Did Avocado Toast Really Ruin Millennials’ Housing Dreams?

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Nature's Bounty

Beyond Kale: Foods That Pack Even More Nutrition

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Quirky Facts

Who Brainwashed Us Into Eating Kale?

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Tasty Origins

Meet the Man Who Made Bacon King of Breakfast

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Nature's Bounty

The Real Reason Some Eggs Are Brown and Others White

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Quirky Facts

Say Cheese, Save Your Teeth

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Tasty Origins

Coffee's Origin Story: Goats, Monks and a Fire

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Quirky Facts

The Bank Vault Full of Cheese

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Quirky Facts

Lobster's Great Escape: From Prison Fare to Fine Dining

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Tasty Origins

Who Invented Hot Dogs?

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Quirky Facts

You Can Thank A Wombat For Your Pasta

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Global Food Supply

Half the World's Food? Grown Here.

One country produces more garlic, pears, green beans, and eggplants than the rest of the world combined.

Tasty Origins

From Forbidden Food

To French Favorite

Strange Ingredients

The Whale Oil In Your Margarine

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Nature's Bounty

Pressed to Impress:

What Makes Olive Oil "Extra Virgin"?

Quirky Facts

The Sweet Treat That Lasts Forever

Seriously!

Tasty Origins

Wiggling and Jiggling Through Time

The Origins of Jello

Tasty Origins

Olive Oil:

From Ancient Elixir to Modern Superfood

Tasty Origins

Beer

The Unsung Hero of the Middle Ages

Tasty Origins

Crackers with a Conscience

The Surprisingly Wholesome Origins of Graham Crackers

Tasty Origins

Berry Misleading

The Truth About Coffee Beans

Food Fiction

Do Carrots Really Help Night Vision?

A Wartime Myth With A Grain of Truth...

Crisis Comfort Foods

Walmart's Secret Weapon Against Hurricanes

Pop Tarts!

Quirky Facts

Domino's Pizza: 1/2 Stake Ownership Traded for a Song?

No, Not a Song, A Volkwagen Beetle!

Quirky Facts

Mushrooms

Nature's Mini Breezemakers

Strange Ingredients

The Bug You Didn't know You Were Eating

How Tiny Bugs Became the World's Favorite Dye

Tasty Origins

PEZ Candy Dispensers Used to Dispense Willpower

PEZ was a Smoking Cessation Aid Before It Became A Candy

Strange Ingredients

Heavenly Coffee?

Except - There are No Nuts in Chock full o'Nuts

Quirky Facts

Duncan Hines

The man behind the cake mix

Quirky Facts

Wink at Your Grocer

And Walk Out with a Free Box of ...

Strange Ingredients

Bacon Fat

The Secret to Blowing Things Up!

Nature's Bounty

Avocados

Only Ripen When Picked

Illicit Food & Drink

Moonshiners' Secret Weapon during Prohibition:

Cow Shoes!

Quirky Facts

Beer + Mustaches =

Mustache Tax

Seasoning Secrets

Salt

Not a Spice?

Seasoning Secrets

Pepper Power

The Curiously Interesting History of Black Gold

Strange Ingredients

Jelly Beans, Pills, Apples, Chocolate

Owe Their Lovely Shine to Bugs?

Quirky Facts

Green Beans

Bug Trappers in Disguise

Strange Ingredients

Corn in Fireworks?

Yes, Really!

Food Fiction

Honey Nut Cereal

Where Have All the Nuts Gone?

Tasty Origins

Twisted Together

How Pretzels Became a Symbol of True Love

Quirky Facts

French Fries

May Not Be so French After All

Quirky Facts

Did the Nazis Try to Kill Churchill

With an Exploding Chocolate Bar?

Tasty Origins

Cotton Candy

The Sugary Delight Invented by a ... Dentist?

Nature's Bounty

Alaska Grows Colossal Veggies!

Supersized in the Midnight Sun

Tasty Origins

German Chocolate Cake?

Not Really German

Quirky Facts

Pound Cake

The Easy Recipe to Remember

Food Fiction

Sugar Rush?

More Like Sugar Myth!

Tasty Origins

The Sandwich

Thanks to a Gambler!

Food Science Mysteries

Cilantro

Love it or Hate it?

Tasty Origins

Hawaiian Pizza

Born in Canada

Food Science Mysteries

Music Can Change the Flavor Of Cheese

Hip Hop or Classsical?

Tasty Origins

How A Cheese Surplus Led to Cheesy Snacks

How Cheetos was Created

Tasty Origins

The Sweet Story

Behind Hershey's Kisses

Food Science Mysteries

Why Does Airplane Food Taste So

Meh?

Strange Ingredients

Lithium was Once a Secret Ingredient in 7-Up?

Let's Find Out Why....

Food Science Mysteries

Yes, Banana's are Radioactive

Huh?

Strange Ingredients

Sugar Showdown

A Can of Red Bull has More Sugar Than a Snickers Bar

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The Cultural Significance of Cocktails

A Sip Through History

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Bubbles & Blockchain

The Italian Duo Behind the World's Priciest Champagne

Beverage

Paris' Bubbly Secret

Free Sparkling Water on Tap!