Before the 1800s, chocolate was not brown—it was a deep reddish color. The familiar brown hue we associate with chocolate today only…

Real vanilla is the world's second most expensive spice after saffron, grown on orchids that can take years to bloom and must be…

European elites avoided tomatoes for over two centuries, believing them deadly — but it was actually their pewter plates that were killing…

In the late 1800s, American dairy farmers were so threatened by margarine that they lobbied for laws forcing it to be dyed pink. Vermont,…