A Spoonful of Sugar

"Sweets" might sound like a tame recipe booklet, but the tale of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is actually pretty creepy.

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Rarebit Dreams

Welsh rarebit has been around and (possibly) inducing nightmares for centuries. But there's more behind the historic dish than just cheese on toast.

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Undercooked

Intentionally or not, Michael Pollan’s latest book is a parody of foodie intellectualism.

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