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Turkey, crayfish, and vikings—now that's a solid meal.

Auguste Escoffier really didn't get Thanksgiving.

Steve Harwin has made it his life's work to bring old diners back from the dead.

It's more or less repurposed horse feed.

Despite a devoted fanbase, it has disappeared.

Need to bake a pie AND cure consumption?

How to use produce to divine the future, on one night only.

The surprising story of how "two great tastes" came together.

A beauty fad that continues to haunt us.

People have feared tomatoes for 600 years.

"Franken Berry Stool" was a common childhood ailment.

Yum?

Bakers flaunted their talent by creating letter-shaped pastries.

It's the candy you see at the grocery store check-out, but never thought to buy.

It was only recently popularized.

The "Mystery Man with 21 Faces" mocked the police ruthlessly and stocked Japan's supermarkets with cyanide-filled candy. To this day, no one knows who they were.

The blueberry industry has gotten so big there's now a glut.

In the 12th century, pretzels were for kings apparently.