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Black people have been missing in the telling of America's whiskey story (Credit: Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images)
World's Table

The lost truth of American whiskey

By Noah Lederman

France is facing a widespread dearth of Dijon mustard (Credit: Ed Rooney/Alamy)
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Why Dijon disappeared from France
By Emily Monaco
Riccardo Camanini's cacio e pepe en vessie (Credit: Giovanni Panarotto)
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The 'pasta revolution' sweeping Italy
By Stuart Kenny
The "three sisters" – corn, squash and beans – are essential to the Huron-Wendat diet (Credit: North Wind Picture Archives/Alamy)
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North America's sacred trio of foods
By Diane Selkirk
In India, ghee was considered the purest offering to the gods (Credit: subodhsathe/Getty Images)
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Ghee: 'The purest food on Earth'
By Aysha Imtiaz
Home-made meat broth with matzo ball (Credit: Rosenstein Restaurant)
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A rare living legacy of Jewish food
By Joe Baur
Sourdough has a nearly 6,000-year history that spans the globe (Credit: alvarez/Getty Images)
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The world's oldest sourdough?
By Paul Feinstein
There's a renewed British passion for its rich larder of heritage apples (Credit: JohnGollop/Getty Images)
Forgotten Foods
Britain's vanishing rare fruit
By Norman Miller
Dwindling numbers of wild Irish salmon mean it becomes rarer with every passing year (Credit: Kate Ryan)
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What happened to wild salmon?
By Kate Ryan
Tarte aux mûres sauvages (wild blackberry tart) at D'Une Ile (Credit: Alexandre Guirkinger)
World's Table
Why top chefs are leaving Paris
By Emily Monaco
Sierra Leone is grabbing attention for its bold flavours (Credit: Amelia Martyn-Hemphill)
World's Table
A new take on ancestral African cuisine
By Amelia Martyn-Hemphill & Mariama Wurie
Meza Malonga incorporate's indigenous ingredients from across the African continent (Credit: Alicia Erickson)
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Is this the next big food destination?
By Alicia Erickson
Peranakan food (pictured: Nasi kerabu) is often considered one of Southeast Asia's first fusion cuisines (Credit: szefei/Getty Images)
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Southeast Asia's first fusion cuisine?
By Rachel Phua
The Académie Internationale de la Gastronomie named chef Lucía Freitas the "Chef of the Future" (Credit: Mero Afonso)
World's Table
A chef changing Spain's dining culture
By Sofia Perez
Some maamoul are formed into a domed shape (Credit: Veliavik/Getty Images)
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The Easter treat uniting two religions
By Tessa Fox
A berry soup by modern chef Jeffrey Yoskowitz, inspired by Fania Lewando’s The Vilna Vegetarian (Credit: Lauren Volo for the Gefilte Manifesto, Flatiron Books)
World's Table
A return to vegetarian Jewish cuisine
By Joe Baur