A painting on the wall of an Egyptian tomb near Luxor displays a 4,000 year-old recipe for baking bread. Journalist William Sitwell's first book, A History of Food in 100 Recipes, tells the story of ...

The cover of "When Southern Women Cook" and authors Toni Tipton-Martin (left) and Morgan Bolling (right). (Courtesy of America's Test Kitchen) Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on April 7, ...

Poor people turn to foods that are filling and meals that are easy to stretch. The jaded wealthy demand scarce items and elaborate feasts. Soldiers and explorers need things that don’t spoil quickly ...

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From the outrageous creations of Portland, Oregon’s Voodoo Doughnut to Dominique Ansel’s world-famous Cronut out of his New York City bakery, doughnuts have become one of the most photogenic (and ...

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While new recipes spring up every day, especially on the internet, some recipes are so tried and true that they're still floating around hundreds of years later. This goes especially for simple ...