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What Kool-Aid Was Like Before Kool-Aid Man Started Busting Through Walls

Today is the birthday of Edwin Perkins, who invented a sweet drink known the world over as Kool-Aid. It's the only drink with a mascot that can smash through walls and shout "OH YEAH!"

Queen Elizabeth I Had Her Guests Eat Gingerbread Men That Looked Like Themselves

For National Cookie Day, we take a closer look at the amazing and frequently disturbing history of gingerbread, including how one of the most famous royals of all time helped bring gingerbread people into the world.

A New Device Can Tell When An Avocado Will Be Ripe

A team of engineering students at Harvard is teaming with a startup called Savormetrics to develop a device that can tell us when avocados will be ripe. It's one step on the way to solving the costly problem of food waste.

Brooklyn Still Loves The Blackout Cake

Pastries come and go, but in Brooklyn, people still talk about the blackout cake from Ebinger's.

The World’s Fair Is Where America Learned To Love The Banana

It was on this day in 1876 that the U.S. first fell in love with the banana, when it was introduced at the World's Fair in Philadelphia. Though, back then, eating a banana was quite a bit different than it is today.

How French Soup-Makers Helped Give Us Restaurants

It's National Waitstaff Day, and whether or not you're back to dining out, it's a good time to figure out a little of where restaurants come from. (It's complicated.)

Rise Of The Tortilla

Taco Bell says it’s been dealing with a tortilla shortage. Those craving inexpensive tacos and burritos at odd hours are bearing the brunt of this crisis, but it’s affecting all of us - after all, tortillas have been a part of our culinary lives for thousands of years.