How Air Raids in Britain Led to Shortage of Sausages in Germany
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2021
“It is far better to face the bullets than to be killed at home by a bomb,” proclaimed a British Army recruitment poster publicized during W...
Showing posts with the label Food
Why Did Ancient People Bury Butter in Bogs?
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 19, 2019
Peat bogs are favorite hunting grounds of archeologists because of the many odd surprises these marshy wetlands have revealed from time to t...
The Disgusting Food Museum
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2018
A new museum aimed to assault the olfactory senses of visitors and churn their stomach opened yesterday in Sweden’s third largest city, Mal...
The Scientists Who Starved to Death Surrounded By Food
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 15, 2018
The 900-day Siege of Leningrad during the Second World War was perhaps one of the most gruesome sieges in modern history. Hitler’s diabolic ...
That Time When America Banned Sliced Bread
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2018
Modern life is full of conveniences but few things are as convenient as sliced bread. Just think about it. To make a sandwich all you need ...
The Cheese Caves of Roquefort
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 29, 2016
The pungent odor and tangy taste of the Roquefort cheese, with its distinctive spots and veins of blue-green mold throughout, is not for eve...
The Black Eggs of Owakudani
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 16, 2015
Owakudani or “the Great Boiling Valley” in Hakone, Japan, is hardly the ideal tourist spot. It’s a large volcanic caldera formed around 3,00...
Astronaut Sandra Magnus Cooks in Zero Gravity
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 13, 2012
Food for astronauts working aboard the International Space Station usually come precooked and packaged in such a way so that it can be eaten...
Street Food Vendors From Around the World
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 29, 2011
In general understanding, street food is a quick meal or drink sold in a street or other public place, such as a market or fair, by a vendor...
Urine Soaked Boiled Eggs: A Chinese Delicacy
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2011
As spring sets in, a strange but familiar smell permeates the air in Dongyang City of China’s Zhejiang Province, as locals begin to eat the ...
The Most Expensive Coffee in The World is Made From Animal Poop
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 7, 2010
Kopi luwak, the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from a certain variety of wild red coffee beans but only after it has passed through ...
