Your ancestors ate plenty of food that no one touches today, and in most cases, those foods died out for good reason. For example, we no longer bulk up every meal with scoops of mayonnaise because we ...

Popcorn was already a popular snack in 19th-century America, with most fans of the food popping corn themselves at home over the stove. And so, there now spread a recipe for a dessert known as popcorn ...