How Instant Ramen Became an Overnight Success
Most people associate ramen with broke college students, but the story behind these instant noodles is far more surprising. The instant dinner is the...
Most people associate ramen with broke college students, but the story behind these instant noodles is far more surprising. The instant dinner is the...
If you’re in the mood for some Truffle Shuffle or Foxy Brown ice cream, there’s only one place to go: Mikey Likes It Ice Cream. Michael “Mi...
The monks at Subiaco Abbey in Arkansas know how to bring the heat. Led by Father Richard Walz, the Benedictine monks make Monk Sauce, a spicy habanero...
For more than 850 years, the Sudo family has been making sake in Obara, Japan. Their sake distillery is the oldest in the country. After the 2011 e...
Before the FDA came around, there was some pretty gnarly stuff in our food: additives like formaldehyde, borax, and copper sulfate—poisons! To pro...
To eat fugu is to put your life on the line. That's why Japanese chefs must train for years before serving the notoriously poison puffer fish to the...
Meet Jooba: She's an eastern black rhino. Her tank-like body, aggressive disposition and tough skin offer good protection from predators. But this...
Sure, hot tubs are refreshing, but why use water when there's beer? Andrea Stigger of Starkenberg Brewery in Austria details how the company...
In 1899, a confectioner named John C. Wharton partnered with an amateur inventor named James Morrison to issue a patent. The device they dreamed up...
Lobster was once served to prisoners and thought of as a poor man’s food fit only for the indigent, indentured and incarcerated. These days a l...
What is it like for a cat to be a cat? David Teie doesn’t know but he’s trying to find out. The classical musician came up with the idea of wri...
There’s a surging demand for whiskey in the world, and Tom Lix has found a way to age it in just 24 hours. Traditionally it takes years to age a b...