Diana Hubbell's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Diana Hubbell

I'm a James Beard Award-winning journalist covering food, culture, and travel. I'm the Associate Editor, Places at Atlas Obscura, although you'll also find my bylines in The Guardian, The Washington Post, Eater, Condé Nast Traveler, Esquire, Architectural Digest, Travel + Leisure, VICE, and Playboy, among others. I'm currently based in Brooklyn, but have also called Bangkok and Berlin home.

http://dianahubbell.com

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year in wonder 2022

Our Favorite Abstract Wonders of 2022

Mesmerizing photographs show the beauty of our wild, fragile planet.

December 30, 2022

German Lebkuchen Are a Labor of Love With a Centuries-Old History

Some of these gingerbread cookies take months to make.

December 23, 2022

Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Cookbook Stories of 2022

Learning to dine with the dead, eat well in Antarctica, and cook for the end of the world.

December 20, 2022

holidays with a twist

Around the World in Christmas Food Traditions

From pickles on the tree to live carp in the bathtub.

December 19, 2022

A New Look at Nosferatu’s Bloody Legacy

An exhibition in Berlin celebrates a century of one of the most famous, and complicated, vampire stories.

December 15, 2022

A Love Letter to Drinking Foods Around the World

Thai-style fried chicken, Vietnamese scorched rice, and other dishes best paired with booze.

December 5, 2022

Celebrating the United States of Stuffing

Eric Kim explores the past, present, and future of Thanksgiving’s mightiest side dish.

November 21, 2022

historical recipes

Who Decided to Put Sauerkraut in Chocolate Cake?

The infamous ‘Don’t Ask Cake’ is better than it sounds.

November 10, 2022

Shake Up Your Cocktails with Miso and MSG

There's a long history of savory, surprising mixed drinks.

November 7, 2022

The Ancient Art of Kitchen Divination

How to try tasseography, cromniomancy, and other mystical gastronomic arts.

October 17, 2022

The Long, Extremely Witchy History of Telling the Future With Eggs

From ancient Greece to the Salem Witch Trials.

October 13, 2022

Meet the Duo Molding the Weird, Wondrous Future of Jelly

From disturbingly realistic gelatin portraits to a jiggling Buckingham Palace, Bompas & Parr are pushing the wobbly envelope.

October 7, 2022

This Man Wants You to Rethink Everything You Know About Cows

It's time to change our 10,000-year relationship with cattle.

September 30, 2022

Michigan’s Bloodsucking Parasite Is Britain’s Royal Delicacy

Lamprey pie is a coronation tradition.

September 20, 2022

Remembering When America Banned Sliced Bread

During World War II, the U.S. government turned to drastic rationing measures.

September 7, 2022

The Case for Sea Vegetables

These delicious, under-utilized greens are being farmed for the first time.

August 22, 2022

Why Solar Roasting Could Be the Future for New Mexico’s Chiles

It may be the key to cutting down 7,800 metric tons of annual carbon emissions.

Meet the Great Seed Detective

Adam Alexander preserves heirloom vegetables and the history they represent.

Meet the Man Reviewing Historical Sandwiches on TikTok

Barry Enderwick is eating his way through the past, one pan bagnat at a time.

Why Did the U.S. Government Amass More Than a Billion Pounds of Cheese?

The long, strange saga of government cheese.

Does This Fruit Really Taste Like Chocolate Pudding?

Plus the turducken of beers.

Native Societies Harvested Billions of Oysters Sustainably

Conservationists should look to Indigenous history to fix the future.

How America Embraced Aspics With Threatening Auras

From futuristic test kitchens to Under-the-Sea Salad, midcentury Jell-O took a turn for the weird.

scientists at work

How to Eat Like an Anglo-Saxon King

Hint: It involves way less meat than you might think.