Unearthing Culinary Pasts—With Help From Llama Poop

A food archaeologist investigates everyday eating and lean times among the ancient Moche of Peru through a remarkable discovery of…

People of the Peppers

Meet Katherine Chiou, an archaeologist who conducts research in Mexico and Peru to search for clues about humanity’s spicy romance…

Why These Hong Kong Urbanites Are Farming

An anthropologist takes readers inside a Hong Kong ecovillage, revealing a small but thriving movement built around food, sustainability, and…

Planting Seeds for a More Ethical Future

Three contributors to a special series reflect on why slowing down and building trust between community partners is fundamental to…

When Coffee Is Like Angel Cake With Strawberry Jam

An anthropologist delves into the rarefied ritualistic world of specialty coffee, where highly trained brewers and judges compete to determine…

The Paleolithic Age Cooked Up Creative Chefs

An archaeologist explains how new evidence stands to change what we thought about how ice age humans prepared food. This…

Is a “Sweet Tooth” Genetic?

An anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why so many people seem practically programmed to love sugar. This article was…

Did Meat Do Neanderthals In?

Studying zinc levels in unearthed Neanderthal skeletal remains, an archaeologist examines whether the carnivorous eating habits of Neanderthals in the…

Hunting Down the Facts About Paleo Diets

An evolutionary anthropologist argues that Paleolithic diets were much more varied than people think based on his research with the…

Confronting Xenophobia Through Food—and Comics

An anthropologist who migrated from India to the U.K. uses his research to illustrate how fellow migrants from India maintain…