The Week in Food (The One Day Late Edition)

In honor of Downton Abbey, NPR answers the question of the ages: why was British food terrible for most of the twentieth century?

Slate's Explainer tackles another important question: does sloth taste veal?

First you kill a seal. Then you catch some auks. How to make the Inuit equivalent of the turducken.

Mmmmm....smokehouse fire.

The latest foodie craze...rats (at least in Thailand). Note: if you are at all squeamish don't click on the link.