How to Cater a Roman Orgy
The house in which the alleged orgy ostensibly occurred. Drawing by Nan Swift, Improbable Research staff.
By Corky White
Professor of Anthropology
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
As a very young caterer in the late 1970s, I learned lessons the hard way every day. I catered for people who knew their food, and so I tried to make things [...]
A Brief History of Christmas Tree Lights
Like Bert and Ernie or pork and fennel, Christmas trees and lights were made for each other. But how did stringing up a few hundred twinkling lights on a pine tree become a normal part of Christmas merrymaking?
Make Like a Tree and Get in the House
Well, it all started with the pagans. The ritual use [...]
