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If You Play With Fire, You Can Get Burned

14 Jan 2026

Fountain candles are small tubes filled with chemicals that when ignited spew out a plume of glowing sparks into the air. They sure capture attention! The effect can last a few seconds (cake...

A Cultural History of Yogurt

9 Jan 2026

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.聽...

Building the Modern Skyscraper: Architectural Lessons from Wedding Cakes

2 Jan 2026

The Home Insurance Building, the聽world鈥檚聽first skyscraper, and the Burj Khalifa, the聽world鈥檚聽tallest building, both聽owe their origins in the聽city of Chicago.聽

Of Mistletoe, Frankincense and Myrrh

24 Dec 2025

Mistletoe has had a certain mystique about it since ancient times, probably on account of the curious way it grows.聽 The plant is a 鈥渉emiparasite,鈥 meaning that it can either grow in soil, or, more...

Milk History Does a Body Good

28 Nov 2025

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.聽 The history of humans drinking cow鈥檚 milk is fascinating and not devoid of controversy.

How the Yew Tree Can Deliver Life 鈥 or Death

21 Nov 2025

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.聽...

The Tongue Map Trap

21 Nov 2025

Let me set the scene: it鈥檚 the evening, I鈥檓 doomscrolling in bed (as is tradition), and a video from Emma Chamberlain pops up. She's slurping espresso with a 鈥渃offee expert鈥 who confidently...

The ancient Greek poet Homer characterized it as 鈥渓iquid gold.鈥 We are talking about olive oil.

12 Nov 2025

Homer was the supposed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two classics of Greek literature. 鈥淪upposed鈥 because there is no real historical record of when he lived, or indeed, if he ever did live....

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