The rulers of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Mari, and a recreation of one of their favorite treats inspired by a clay tablet found in the ruins

The history of pancit and panciterias in the Philippines and an early 20th century recipe

Rationing and food shortages before, during, and after WWII in Italy, and a recipe from a delightfully quirky 1942 cookbook

How Juliette Gordon Low established the Girl Scouts in the US, and the original 1922 recipe for Girl Scout cookies

The history of ridiculously expensive pineapples in Europe, and an 18th century recipe for delicious pineapple tarts

The complexity of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and a two thousand year old recipe for fresh cheese that he might have enjoyed

How to survive a medieval winter, and a 14th century recipe for rich and hearty wheat berry porridge

The origins and evolution of beef stroganoff, and a 19th century recipe that I highly recommend

The history of gnocchi being made from everything from cheese to cake to truffles to potatoes

The Hunger Winter of the Netherlands at the end of World War II, and a recipe from the famine that includes tulip bulbs

How people have gotten, treated, and lived with gout throughout history, and an 18th century venison recipe that is laden with gout-inducing ingredients

Hangover cures from the last 3,500 years, and a 10th century recipe from Baghdad for a curative lamb stew

Food in US schools post-1960s and an extremely nostalgic recipe for cheese pizza from 1988

Celebrating Christmas during the Great Depression, and a recipe for a less expensive Christmas pudding made with gelatin and chocolate

What a real Victorian sugar plum was, and a labor-intensive, days-long process of making some from a 19th century recipe

The 1826 Eggnog Riot at West Point and a 19th century recipe from the White House Cook Book

Food supplies and cooking in the Japanese incarceration camps during WWII, and a recipe for tuna noodle casserole from one of the camps’ newspapers

Feasting with Alexander the Great and an ancient Roman recipe for a complex sauce for poultry using ingredients that Alexander would have had

Sarah Josepha Hale’s decades-long campaign to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, and a cranberry tart recipe from her magazine in 1866

Bomb shelters and the Tube during the Blitz in WWII, and ration-friendly recipes for soup and honey biscuits from the period