The Strange Reason Murakami Fans Gather at a Hokkaido Sheep Farm Every Year
In a small town in the far north of the northernmost island in Japan, Murakami fans gather once a year to watch TV.
Would You Live In A Converted Grain Silo?
What if it was in a nice part of Minneapolis, right near a McDonald’s?
The Weekly Glean: Robots Take Over Your Kitchen
This year, like last year but more so, manufacturers are endeavoring to stick, basically, guts from your cellphone into everything in your kitchen. Some of these aren't terrible id...
Japan’s Newest Food Trend: American Cow Tongue
Looking for cutting-edge offal cookery? Book a flight to Japan and try the tongue.
Birch Beer: The Best Soda You’ve Never Tried
A strange earthy, minty soft drink is the preferred soda of millions of Pennsylvanians. What is birch beer, and what makes it so good?
The Weekly Glean: Best Food And Farm Stories Of 2014
Lots of food- and farm-related stories this year. Here are our favorites.
Indian Farmers Embrace Mutant Multiple-Birth Sheep
A little laboratory work, and you can make yourself a sheep that’ll give birth to twins reliably.
How A 400-Year-Old Religious Text Could Teach Us About Ancient Sheep
Sometimes the most important thing about a historical text isn’t the text at all.
