Finding Calm—and Connection—in Coffee Rituals
During the pandemic, an anthropologist finds new meaning in the everyday ritual of preparing and drinking coffee.
Food
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Did Processed Foods Make Us Human?
Experimental archaeologist Bill Schindler’s globe-trotting research has led him to champion a diet based on humanity’s long history of inventive food preparation techniques, from nose-to-tail butchery to sourdough bread.
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The Evolution of Comfort Food
An archaeologist considers the history and biology of what defines a taste of home.
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The Cookout (and All Other Manners of Heavenly Black Things)
An anthropologist's poem crafts a dream of freedom, peace, and joyous celebration for Black folks who have died as a result of anti-Black and anti-queer violence.
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Ancient Beer Is Craft’s New Frontier
Scientists are partnering with brewers to taste test ancient recipes and sip a long-lost past.
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When at Home, Bake as the Romans Baked
Experimental archaeologist Farrell Monaco takes pandemic-era baking into the deep past by re-creating ancient Roman bread.