A skull found in Chad in 2001 may be the oldest known member of the human lineage. A femur found beside it generated a twenty-year argument about who gets to publish it.
A Neanderthal buried in an Iraqi cave was surrounded by medicinal plants. Ancient dental plaque has reopened that debate with chemical evidence. Here’s what we now know.
Marcus Aurelius says salt is perfect because it disappears into the dish. Nietzsche says that’s slave morality. The chrome salt shaker on every diner table has been taking sides this whole time.
Cold cheese pizza didn’t arrive on Long Island through a Michelin-starred kitchen or a celebrity…
Four centuries before the term “farm-to-table” entered the culinary lexicon, the Shinnecock people of eastern…
Suffolk County once grew potatoes on 70,000 acres. Today it’s under 3,000. Here’s the real story of what replaced the fields — and who paid for it.