Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Courtesy of Galatoire's Restaurant If you walked into an upscale New York City restaurant 150 years ago, there was one ...

Unless you happen to be a reincarnated 18th century socialite or grew up in a Louisiana backwater, you’ve probably never had the pleasure of eating turtle soup. Luckily, we here at MUNCHIES are here ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. They say you can get seven different kinds of meat from butchering a turtle. Depending on what part ...

An 18th century cook book containing a stomach-churning recipe for mock turtle soup has been discovered in a cardboard box. A Mrs Casters meticulously jotted down 160 recipes in the 229-year-old book ...

In the mid-19th century, Americans developed a frenzied culinary affair with turtle. Almost overnight, the Diamondback Terrapin — a small coastal turtle found from Cape Cod to the Gulf Coast — went ...

The Asian giant softshell turtle is considered a delicacy; it is also listed as Endangered by the IUCN. A sharp eyed, animal loving woman named Serene Voo Nyuk Wei saw one in a Malaysian Borneo market ...

In the 19th century, turtle soup was the hottest dish around. If you walked into an upscale New York City restaurant 150 years ago, there was one staple you’d be almost certain to see on the menu: ...