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Host of Beyond the Menu, Cecilia Philips is holding a giant paper mache pretzel pretending to eat it. The text on the image reads 'Who Invented Pretzels?'

How Pretzels Went From Human Sacrifice To Beer Gardens

A young light-skinned black woman stands in the foreground holding a bottle of chamoy. In the background, a large bottle of chamoy sauce is squeezed onto half an orange.

It’s Mexican, Asian, a Candy, a Sauce…It’s Chamoy

A young light-skinned black woman with long hair holds chile peppers in two outstretched hands. There is a bowl of spicy chile paste behind her.

This Fiery Hot Sauce Uses a Pepper Lost To History

Chicken and Waffles: from Amish Country to Harlem

The Chilling History of Ice Cream

Your Corn Tortilla Sucks…Science Can Fix It

Samosas aren’t from India…Wait, what?

Your Birria Taco Is Ancient History—Here’s Why

Hong Kong’s Most Popular Treat Has A Surprising Backstory

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