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Anne Ewbank

Anne Ewbank

Gastro Obscura's senior associate editor

Based in Northern California

Get in touch at: anne.ewbank@atlasobscura.com

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In This Museum Full of Treasures, The Most Popular Attraction Is a Tiny Cabbage

But it's fit for an emperor.

December 6, 2017

Gorillas Don't Need to Be Taught to Clean Their Food

Sandy apples? No problem.

December 5, 2017

A Dinner at the End of Our World

An author and a chef imagine how we'll eat if bees and fish vanish.

December 4, 2017

A Hidden Beer Flavor Has Finally Been Revealed

Researchers brewed 150 beers to determine if barley left a distinct taste.

December 1, 2017

Why Smell Like Flowers When You Could Smell Like Roast Beef?

The rebel of the perfume world can make you smell like dinner or dessert.

November 30, 2017

This Food Was Once Packaged Military Rations

You can make combat rations look better, but they still won’t taste good.

November 29, 2017

culinary crimes

Tancítaro's Avocado Protection Force

The town created a paramilitary group to ward off Mexican cartels.

November 28, 2017

The Finicky Food Diagrams of a Royal Chef

When you cook for kings and queens, dinner needs to be perfect.

November 27, 2017

For Years, Republican and Democratic States Held Separate Thanksgivings

Before Friendsgiving, there was Franksgiving.

November 22, 2017

London's Buses Are Getting a Boost From Coffee Fuel

No reports yet on tea-fueled buses.

November 21, 2017

Before Avocado Toast, There Was Snowflake Toast

The Kellogg brothers' spa served health food that still sounds trendy.

November 20, 2017

gelatin and jellies

The Beautiful Cakes Injected Full of Flowers

Watch as jelly masters create 3-D designs with needles and syringes.

November 17, 2017

These French Desserts Are Made of Glass and Clay

The artist had food allergies and a "Great British Baking Show" obsession.

November 16, 2017

The Dinner That Kicked Off the First Dinosaur Craze

One of the world's first life-size dinosaur models was the venue.

November 6, 2017

The Heritage Beer Brewed With Some Help From Spiders

When fruit flies love your beer, you don't mind a few webs in the brewery.

October 31, 2017

The Club Dedicated to Eating Unconventional Aquatic Creatures

The Ichthyophagous Club changed America's relationship to seafood.

October 30, 2017

The Forgotten Italian Tradition of Building Monumental Food Palaces

Then destroying them in a literal hunger games.

October 27, 2017

Why Wartime England Thought Carrots Could Give You Night Vision

The belief that carrots improve your eyesight dates back to World War II propaganda.

October 25, 2017

This Orchestra Makes Music With Celery, Carrots, and Cabbage

They literally shred.

October 24, 2017

The Gilded-Age Dinner Party That Featured 7 Courses and 32 Horses

C.K.G. Billings turned a Manhattan ballroom into a site for a banquet on horseback.

October 23, 2017

Watch a Cookie Soar Into the Stratosphere

Terry the teacake took one giant leap for cookie-kind.

October 17, 2017

The Nixon Dinners That Taught Americans to Stop Worrying and Love Peking Duck

The president's historic trip to China caused a Chinese food boom.

October 16, 2017

The Renaissance Painter Who Made Fantastical Portraits From Food

Giuseppe Arcimboldo painted surreal art unlike any of his contemporaries.

October 13, 2017

During an 1870 Siege, Trapped Parisians Dined on Rat, Cat, and Elephant

In a desperate time, the zoo became a source of food.