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Unscrambling the Thousand-Year Egg
They may not really be 1,000 years old, but century eggs have a long history.
A Brief History of Chopsticks
From their humble beginnings as cooking utensils to paper-wrapped bamboo sets at the sushi counter, there’s more to chopsticks than meets the eye.
Off the Spice Rack: The Story of Salt
Not just tasty but essential for life, salt has a long and tumultuous history all its own.
Restaurants, B.C.E. (Before the Contemporary Eatery)
What were history’s first restaurants like, and what did these early eateries serve?
The Chop Suey Story
Legend has it that chop suey was born when forty-niners demanded food from a San Francisco Chinese restaurant.
