The origin of how turkey became the Thanksgiving dish and fashionable at Christmas.

A pre-history of lactose intolerance.

The discarded bone of a chicken leg, still etched with teeth marks from a dinner thousands of years ago, provides some of the oldest known physical evidence for the introduction of domesticated chickens to the continent of Africa.

A brief history and description of common ingredients, in this case, the common pheasant.

A brief history and description of common ingredients, in this case, tea.

A brief history and description of common ingredients, in this case, salt.

A brief history and description of common ingredients, in this case, broccoli.

A brief history and description of common ingredients, in this case, strawberries.

A brief history and description of common ingredients, in this case, chocolate.

All Romans ate dormice didn't they? You may have been told that in school, and it's still a popular and persistent belief, but it's simply not true. Find out why?

A brief history and description of common ingredients, in this case, the tomato.

A brief history and description of common ingredients, in this case, the carrot.

A brief history and description of common ingredients, in this case, the humble potato.

One of the tasty recipes drawn from Apicius is for "soft eggs in a pine kernel sauce" (Apicius 7.13.3). But what to do when the egg is an ostrich's?

A brief history and description of common ingredients, in this case, pepper.