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8,893 stories · 100 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026898 stories
Don't be a meat proxy↗ gruhn.me · HN · 741 comments · 1849 points · Aug 03, 2026
Half-Baked Product↗ weli.dev · HN · 415 comments · 1405 points · Jul 03, 2026
The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew↗ mcdonalds.co.jp · HN · 315 comments · 712 points · Apr 15, 2026
DIY Soft Drinks↗ blinry.org · HN · 243 comments · 738 points · Apr 12, 2026
Eat Real Food↗ realfood.gov · HN · 1638 comments · 1163 points · Jan 07, 2026
20251,127 stories
Ultrasonic Chef's Knife↗ seattleultrasonics.com · HN · 671 comments · 824 points · Sep 20, 2025
Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes↗ cubbyathome.com · HN · 698 comments · 570 points · Sep 14, 2025
The staff ate it later↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 303 comments · 489 points · Sep 02, 2025
Potatoes in the Mail↗ facts.usps.com · HN · 256 comments · 510 points · Apr 17, 2025
Phase behavior of Cacio and Pepe sauce↗ arxiv.org · HN · 192 comments · 381 points · Jan 03, 2025
20241,335 stories
Post World War II Food↗ nps.gov · HN · 300 comments · 283 points · Oct 24, 2024
A dishwasher can make or break a restaurant (2017)↗ washingtonpost.com · HN · 481 comments · 276 points · Aug 26, 2024
No Salt↗ jakeseliger.com · HN · 167 comments · 519 points · Aug 06, 2024
Donating forks to the dining hall↗ ben.page · HN · 221 comments · 591 points · May 29, 2024
Japan's Comfort Food: The Onigiri↗ one-from-nippon.ghost.io · HN · 113 comments · 277 points · Jan 15, 2024
20231,442 stories
America doesn't know tofu↗ asteriskmag.com · HN · 144 comments · 144 points · Dec 29, 2023
Bread, How Did They Make It? (2020)↗ acoup.blog · HN · 17 comments · 92 points · Dec 27, 2023
Why British chocolate tastes the way it does↗ bbc.com · HN · 81 comments · 62 points · Dec 25, 2023
You Don't Batch Cook When You're Suicidal↗ cookingonabootstrap.com · HN · 14 comments · 62 points · Dec 13, 2023
The Cartel That Controls the US Food System↗ statecraft.beehiiv.com · HN · 15 comments · 60 points · Aug 03, 2023
20221,423 stories
Barilla passive cooker↗ barilla.com · HN · 509 comments · 563 points · Nov 06, 2022
Sugar Substitutes Surprise↗ science.org · HN · 300 comments · 459 points · Nov 03, 2022
Show HN: Parsnip – Duolingo for Cooking↗ parsnip.ai · HN · 365 comments · 536 points · Jul 28, 2022
Launch HN: Micro Meat (YC S21) – Technology for scaling cultivated meat↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 194 comments · 390 points · Mar 10, 2022
I'm common as muck and spent £150 to try a Michelin star restaurant↗ birminghammail.co.uk · HN · 275 comments · 469 points · Feb 28, 2022
20211,346 stories
Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to displace traditional meat↗ thecounter.org · HN · 968 comments · 532 points · Sep 22, 2021
A street snack that has baffled botanists↗ atlasobscura.com · HN · 194 comments · 484 points · Aug 08, 2021
I’ve had the same supper for 10 years↗ theguardian.com · HN · 749 comments · 888 points · May 08, 2021
Beyond Meat signs global supply deals with McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut↗ agfundernews.com · HN · 910 comments · 1105 points · Mar 02, 2021
Aquafaba↗ aquafaba.com · HN · 295 comments · 586 points · Jan 14, 2021
20201,322 stories
Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America?↗ grubstreet.com · HN · 323 comments · 844 points · Dec 29, 2020
McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu↗ usatoday.com · HN · 556 comments · 476 points · Nov 09, 2020
Analyzing the Design of Unusual Japanese Butter Tableware↗ core77.com · HN · 188 comments · 403 points · Oct 17, 2020
They're Made Out of Meat (1991)↗ mit.edu · HN · 292 comments · 702 points · Oct 10, 2020
Oatly: The New Coke?↗ divinations.substack.com · HN · 410 comments · 456 points · Aug 08, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Enjoy Every Sandwich↗ bradmontague.substack.com · HN · 109 comments · 189 points · Sep 22, 2026
Where's the Beef?: The lab-grown-meat revolution that wasn't↗ harpers.org · HN · 166 comments · 74 points · Sep 23, 2026
Behold the pawpaw, the tropical 'alien banana' that grows right here in Canada↗ cbc.ca · HN · 6 comments · 36 points · Sep 28, 2026
Don't be a meat proxy↗ gruhn.me · HN · 741 comments · 1849 points · Aug 03, 2026
How the Chorleywood Bread Process transformed British bread↗ edconway.substack.com · HN · 134 comments · 135 points · Sep 08, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Enjoy Every Sandwich↗ bradmontague.substack.com · HN · 109 comments · 189 points · Sep 22, 2026
Babylonian Lamb Stew with Beets (1750–1730 BCE)↗ babylonian-collection.yale.edu · HN · 142 comments · 172 points · Sep 03, 2026
How the Tobacco Industry Drove the Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods (2025)↗ vcresearch.berkeley.edu · HN · 141 comments · 140 points · Sep 05, 2026
How the Chorleywood Bread Process transformed British bread↗ edconway.substack.com · HN · 134 comments · 135 points · Sep 08, 2026
Eating Fruit Skins↗ pgadey.ca · HN · 211 comments · 101 points · Sep 09, 2026
Fish bad, sugar good, and other medieval ideas about food↗ lithub.com · HN · 86 comments · 100 points · Aug 31, 2026
Where's the Beef?: The lab-grown-meat revolution that wasn't↗ harpers.org · HN · 166 comments · 74 points · Sep 23, 2026
Salad Theory↗ saladtheory.github.io · HN · 59 comments · 58 points · Aug 31, 2026
Show HN: Vertumnus – printable posters of farmers' market produce seasonality↗ vertumnus.fyi · HN · 18 comments · 47 points · Sep 08, 2026
Behold the pawpaw, the tropical 'alien banana' that grows right here in Canada↗ cbc.ca · HN · 6 comments · 36 points · Sep 28, 2026

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