Science Diction is a bite-sized podcast about words—and the science stories behind them. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and sign up for our newsletter. At the turn of the 20th century, 12 ...

Richard Nixon put it on cottage cheese. The Japanese add it to rice. It was, briefly, once tried as an ice cream flavor. It is found in 97 percent of American kitchens. Ketchup. After an in-depth ...

Trade wars have an interesting way of revealing cultural stereotypes. Countries often propose tariffs, not on the most valuable items in their trading relationships — since that would be painful to ...

How old is your food? Before food was a choice, it was a necessity — the bare minimum only eaten and endured in order to survive. But as creative beings, humans have transformed the means of survival ...

We think of ketchup as the quintessential American condiment, but its history started in Asia and dripped across Europe. The word ketchup is said to have come from the Chinese word ketsiap , which ...

Trade wars have an interesting way of revealing cultural stereotypes. Countries often propose tariffs not on the most valuable items in their trading relationships —food since that would be painful to ...