By: Tom Nealon

Wrong but appealing ideas don’t ever die.

By: Tom Nealon

Medieval and early modern everything-is-cake memes.

By: Tom Nealon

This is a really weird time in restaurant history.

By: Tom Nealon

Culinary and scientific pursuits have a long relationship.

By: Tom Nealon

Today’s snake-oil ideas are so obviously, palpably, bad.

By: Tom Nealon

Unnatural selection in the Anthropocene.

By: Tom Nealon

Soup’s last-ditch effort to conquer the upstart sandwich.

By: Tom Nealon

Heinz’s squeezable bottle was the beginning of the end for ketchup.

By: Tom Nealon

How can we pack every condiment for the apocalypse?

By: Tom Nealon

From JERRYCUMMUMBLE to ZANY

By: Tom Nealon

What are the true origins of Brunswick stew?

By: Tom Nealon

From ADAM’S ALE to HUCKLE MY BUFF

By: Tom Nealon

Did the CIA create the Manwich — and why?

By: Tom Nealon

Did eating diseased rye lead to mass hysteria, in the Middle Ages?

By: Tom Nealon

A Japanese tank crew attached their tank’s battery to a hunk of dough…