SHAPIRO: Were there any entries that as you were editing and going through this, you thought, this feels a bit too - look at that weird thing that those other people eat?

Then, on a baking sheet lined with more parchment paper, return the pastila to the oven once more, for an hour and a half. After making sure the layers have all molded together, remove it from the oven and let it cool. These images of tiger nut cones were meant to please the sun god Amun on Rekhmire’s behalf. But tiger nuts were not just used for special occasions. Egyptians also added tiger nuts to medicine and perfume, and ate them prepared in several ways. Some devoured tiger nuts raw, but others preferred it flavored, boiled in beer, or roasted atop a fire.I’m probably not serving this at my next house party, but I do like clam soup!” Grace Kwan for Gastro Obscura Reeking Smatch From The Dispenser Soda Water Guide, c 1909

Sometimes, victory cakes of the era contained eggs; other times they did not. Sometimes, the cakes contained milk; sometimes they did not. Sometimes they were more akin to spice cakes, with a raisinated base; other times, they relied on chocolate. That variability in recipes, Greenlee says, was the result of an unreliable supply chain. A domestic crop, oranges would have been available during World War II. Sam O’Brien for Gastro Obscura

In diesem Buch findet man die weltweit skurrilsten Essen und Getränke. Von Kontinent zu Kontinent blättert man sich von einem außergewöhnlichen Gericht zum Nächsten. Auch Pad Thai, ein super- geniales Gericht aus Thailand hat seinen Weg in dieses Buch gefunden und ich verrate euch, dass es in Krabi mal den besten Pad Thai Stand auf dem Night Market gab. Ob dem immer noch so ist, weiß ich nicht, aber ein Versuch ist es wert. Long story short, it was a weird name for a cookie. But the cookie’s design, which was initially sold with an exotic “English biscuit” twist, was pretty interesting for its era: With an industrial press from a mold, the cookie took on the look of a flower.