The history of sloppy joes from fashion to Manwich, and the American school cafeteria recipe from 1988

Medieval fast food, the laws that regulated it, and a 14th century recipe for a fried fruit pastry

Acceptable behavior at ancient Roman dinner parties, and a spiral-shaped sweet from 2nd century B.C.E. Rome

How to throw an ancient Roman dinner party, and a 2,000 year old recipe for flamingo, which I’m recreating with duck

The history of Hungarian goulash from simple herdsman's stew to paprika-laden soup, and a recipe from the late 1800s

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