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Grab a bottle of ketchup from the fridge today, and it’s hard to think of it as anything but a burger topping. But in the 1830s, Americans weren’t squeezing ketchup onto fries — they were Read more
Everyone knows carrots are orange — but they weren't always. For most of their cultivated history, carrots were purple, yellow, and white. The Dutch bred the orange variety we know today, and legend says it was a tribute to William of Orange. The truth, it turns out, is far less romantic — and far more interesting.
Walk into any kitchen and ask someone whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable, and you’ll probably get a confident, immediate answer. The trouble is, depending on who’s answering, you’ll get two completely Read more