Food & Drink

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

Tasty Origins

Goldfish Crackers

A Love Story in Every Bite

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