While the picnic is an immemorial custom all over the world, convened to celebrate a beautiful day outdoors, the most exciting advancement ...

The economy cookbook genre provides tips for cooking and living on a budget, and therefore is a unique historical artifact, detailing aspect...

A person's eating habits can be a revealing reflection of character and lifestyle. Consider the rigidity of a man who orders the sam...

Des champignons comestibles, suspects et vénéneux [Edible, Suspicious, and Poisonous Mushrooms], Wellcome Library, London.  Various fungi...

When food appears in literature it can be as striking and full-bodied as the most memorable characters or as mundane as the ground beneath t...