While the rise of oil paint is associated with the Renaissance, paintings using poppy-seed oil have been dated as far back as seventh-century Afghanistan. But there's one key reason this paint ...

As potatoes gained popularity in Eastern Europe, they were quickly embraced, and today, latkes are almost synonymous with ...

Related: How to Eat Sesame Seeds the Right Way—Whether Whole, Ground, or Made Into Oil Poppy seeds come from the opium poppy (or breadseed poppy), a flowering plant likely indigenous to lower ...