Casanova was a cynical seducer, but also studied law, took holy orders, played the violin and carried out Venice’s most ...

One food site, for example, serves up a “French Kiss” vegan Valentine’s Day menu of vegetable soup with pesto, a vegetarian pâté sandwich, eggplant Florentine, and potatoes with lentils. This is ...

You might expect chocolate-dipped strawberries, seafood in creamy sauces, or beef Wellington, the sorts of rich, decadent ...

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Right? Or is its history darker?

Moira Weigel began researching the history of dating in the early 2010s during a pivotal cultural moment in the U.S. The ...

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Right?

On tiny objects like watches, every detail matters. So why does it feel like so many fancy Swiss brands just scrolled through ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

During the late 18th century, a flurry of social, political and economic changes offered many a new vision of personal ...

Queer people have long known that food, community, and love are the true cornerstones of pleasure Eating together is a way of ...

When we think of Valentine’s Day, chubby Cupids, hearts and roses generally come to mind, not industrial processes like mass ...