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Vendémiaire
The first month of autumn, celebrating winemaking.
Vendémiaire
Wine III: Fermentation
On the ways we do -- and don't -- need oxygen.
Vendémiaire
Wine II: Squeeze
The many ways we squeeze and get squeezed...
Vendémiaire
Wine I: Forbidden
Let's ponder the forbidden fruits.
Tools
X: Barrel
Roll call of Niagara Falls daredevils and their fates
Grasses
IX: Barley
How barley ruined shoe sizes for the whole world
Vegetables
VIII: Tomato
What happened to all the flavor in tomatoes?
Vegetables
VII: Chili Pepper
The long, strange, epic trip of the hot stuff.
Vegetables
VI: Eggplant
Mad apples and horny emojis -- eggplant's many names
Animals
V: Ox
How can we keep plowing along on our lonesome?
Flowers
IV: Amaryllis
A quick story about a stuck ship.
Roots
III: Turnip
How turnips started the Industrial Revolution.
Fruits
II: Peach
How to bribe your way to a ripe old age.