Eating and cooking on US submarines in World War II, and two recipes from the 1945 Cook Book of the United States Navy

The extreme extravagance of gilded age feasts, and an 1877 recipe for a Gilded Age gelatin dessert

How spotted dick got its giggle-inducing name, its history as an economical dessert, and a recipe from 1854

The chuck wagons, food, and cooks of the golden age of cowboys and cattle drives, and recipes from 1896 for cowboy staples

British cooks and cooking on the Western Front in World War I, and a 1914 army recipe for corned beef and potato pie

The history of biryani including Indian and Mughal influences, and a recipe from the 16th century

The First Battle of Bull Run and a recreation of what the spectators who picnicked there might have eaten

The possible origin stories of Kaiser Franz Joseph I’s favorite dessert, kaiserschmarrn, and a recipe for it from his lifetime

The history of conclaves that lasted years, the food that was served at them, and a recipe for baby back ribs that was served at the conclave of 1549