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Conflict Kitchen: Restaurant That Serves Cuisine From Countries the US Has Conflict With

May 2, 2012

Located in Pittsburgh, the Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States i...

What’s Cooking? - Cutaway Food Photography by Ryan Matthew Smith

Apr 7, 2011

Ryan Matthew Smith ’s photo series “Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking” is a lovely collection of photographs of different fo...

Fritz's Railroad Restaurant: Food Delivery by Toy Trains

Feb 1, 2012

Fritz's Railroad Restaurant is a family-friendly restaurant in Kansas City dedicated to trains, the city’s original form of transportati...

What 200 Calories of Food Look Like?

Aug 13, 2014

We all know that different food contains different amount of calories. For instance, cereals have fewer calories than, say, cheese, which is...

Alexis St. Martin: The Man With A Hole In His Stomach

Jun 8, 2020

By the early 19th century, physicians had a clear understanding of the human anatomy (from dissecting cadavers) but knowledge about the role...

Shooters Grill: A Gun Themed Restaurant in Colorado

Jan 17, 2015

Americans love two things: fast food and guns, and you will find both at Shooters Grill, a gun themed restaurant in the U.S. state of Colora...

Ireland’s Famine Follies

Oct 4, 2017

In the grounds of the Castletown Estate, near the Irish town of Maynooth, is a large stone structure comprising of interlocking arches, ador...

The Granaries of Acorn Woodpecker

Jan 5, 2021

Woodpeckers are fascinating creatures. They hammer their bills into wood with force so ferocious that it would lead to concussion in any ani...

Heart Attack Grill: Taste Worth Dying For?

Aug 16, 2011

The Heart Attack Grill is an outrageously unhealthy, hospital-themed, American fast food hamburger restaurant in Dallas, Texas, that serves ...

Amazing food landscapes by Carl Warner

Jan 26, 2009

Carl Warner is a British photographer who takes the art of food decorations to a new level. Carl isn’t content with carving fruits and veget...

Carlsbad Caverns Underground Lunchroom: An Eatery 750 Feet Below The Ground

Jan 31, 2014

Beneath the rugged and rocky slopes of Carlsbad Caverns National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico, lies a hidden u...

The Merci Train: 49 Boxcars Filled With Gratitude

May 12, 2016

On February 3, 1949, a crowd of over 25,000 gathered at New York Harbor to see the arrival of a merchant ship named Magellan. On the side of...

Japan’s Acrobatic Noodle Delivery Cyclists

Jul 19, 2021

These photographs taken in the middle of the 20th century on the streets of Tokyo show how food delivery looked like before the onslaught of...

Charles Domery, The Glutton

Nov 19, 2022

In 1799, Doctor Thomas Cochrane, a surgeon at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, found in his care a man with the most unusual ea...

Food For One Dollar

Oct 13, 2010

When Jonathan Blaustein bought 10 early-season organic blueberries for $1, he was a little upset by the price tag. It wasn’t the visual cont...

The Soviet Moon Prank

Sep 24, 2021

In December 1968, Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders, became the first men to fly around the moon and return to earth. But they ...

Tomatina Festival 2010, Spain

Aug 29, 2010

La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Buñol in the Valencia region of Spain. Te...

London’s Cabmen's Shelters

Sep 7, 2017

Scattered throughout the streets of London, often overlooked, are small green sheds that have been offering shelter and hot food to the city...

Half Animal, Half Plant: The Solar-Powered Sea Slugs

Jul 30, 2015

Can eating lots of vegetables turn you into a vegetable? Not really, unless you are a sea slug. There are several species of sea slugs that...

Edward Dando: The Celebrated Oyster Eater

Mar 21, 2023

There was time in 1820s London when the name of Edward Dando sent panic through the hearts of tavern and oyster shop owners. This young man,...