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On ‘Turtle Island,’ Indigenous Food Is Not the Past—It’s the Future
Join Gastro Obscura’s Sam O’Brien each week for Kitchen Dispatch as she tests new recipes and explores wondrous foods from her home kitchen. Subscribe to get it in the Gastro newsletter. One of my favorite parts of researching The Gastro Obscura Cookbook is talking to leaders in the food world about the recipes that matter […]
The Quest to Visit 1,000 Places
Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. I’m Kelly McEvers, and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. So I don’t know about you, but I like to keep track of all the places that I have visited, say, in the past year. […]
The Rebirth of Pennsylvania’s Infamous Burning Town
“There’s not much there anymore, it’s pretty much just a crossroads.” I read the posts online telling me not to bother, but I wanted to go anyway. Certainly I could feel something as we got close: the sense of desperation, of ruin and abandon. So I drove with a small group of friends deep into […]
Citron Noodles with Miso Garlic Butter
These citron noodles were inspired by the Buddha’s hand citron I bought at the farmers’ market last week. I find it near impossible to pass them up, and love their ability to perfume my entire kitchen while I dream up their citrusy fate. The fava beans came from the next stall, and everything else you […]
Egg Salad Sandwich
I have strong opinions about egg salad sandwiches. Usually I take a pass. Like, if I see one on a menu, or at a deli, I choose another sandwich. Egg salad tends to be so gloppy, or too much mayo, soggy bread (yuck), or the trifecta of all three. But it doesn’t have to be […]
A Place To Get More Personal – Brian And I Have A New Joint Substack Newsletter
If you like reading other people’s diaries, peeking into medicine cabinets, or just oddly curious about how other families and marriages really work (or don’t), you might be into today’s announcement – something we’ve been wanting to do for a year and a half. Brian has wanted to write more here for a while, about […]
Cottage Cheese Wraps
There was a point a couple years back when the algorithm decided I needed to know about cottage cheese wraps. They looked so tasty! They were everywhere! They seemed to be a breeze to make! You pool a quick-blended mixture of cottage cheese and eggs onto a rimmed sheet pan and bake until golden on […]
The Link Up: The Car Vacuum Em Didn’t Know She Needed, Mal’s Go-To Design Books, And How To Get Your Makeup To Last
Hope everyone is having a good Sunday. We will always do our best to bring you great design and lifestyle content every day, but please know that in weeks like these and in the many before, we are all deeply affected by what’s going on here and abroad. If you feel the same, we are […]
We’re Banking On These 6 Bathroom Trends Being What’s Next In 2026 (& Beyond)
Bathroom trends (much like kitchen trends) are a funny thing to evaluate on a year-to-year basis because they simply do not move that quickly. If they did, by the time you got through the design process, material selection, permitting, contingencies and snafus, and then final install, your spaces would already be obsolete. That would simply […]
The Easy, High Impact Upgrades Mallory Made To Her Vintage Bathroom
It’s the last reveal in my apartment before I move you guys!! If you want to see the rest of the space, I already revealed the kitchen, living room, dining room, and of course, the famous closet speakeasy. I’ve done A LOT to this space as a renter, and yes, I’ll have to reverse some […]