Cooking Up History programs share fresh insights into American culture past and present through the lens of food. Lauren Lyons Cooking Up History, presented by the Smithsonian's National Museum of ...

This spring, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum and the Smithsonian Associates will offer a three-part “Cooking Up History” series.

In 1492, on Columbus's first trip to modern-day Cuba, he encountered many things, including the Taino people and one ...

A crowd, estimated at 5,000 inside church during a rally at Montgomery's First Baptist Church in 1956. A crowd, estimated at 5,000 inside church during a rally at Montgomery's First Baptist Church in ...

Vibrant global flavors, explorations of culture and identity, and inspiring recipes highlight the year’s best cookbooks.

Annabel Jackson, author of several books about the city and its fusion fare, uses the fruit in porco balichão tamarinho, a ...

Woe is the story of the turnip. During the Middle Ages, when what you ate signaled your social class, nobles and ecclesiastics eschewed foodstuffs that grew in the ground. They favored foods plucked ...

In the 19th century when Sarah Josepha Hale was lobbying President Abraham Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a nation-wide holiday ...