The edible-nest swiftlet of South-East Asia has glands under the tongue that produce a gum that hardens like resin. There are a few main ways birds stick nests together. Some, such as Australian ...

Edible bird’s nest is made by a species of cave-dwelling swiftlets. Weaved from their saliva and harvested in caves and man-made nesting houses, bird’s nests are then painstakingly cleaned ...

Bird's Nest soup is a famous delicacy in Chinese cuisine, known for being made from the nests of Edible-nest swiftlets. These birds, native to South Asia, create their nests using their own saliva. In ...

D. Russell A bird making a nest. Taryn Elliott The nests and eggs of birds have fascinated us for hundreds of years. At its simplest the nest is any structure made by a bird in which eggs are laid ...

I know that many people only use them for decoration, but I was wondering if they are edible. Most of the pumpkins and squash that you see in the store are edible. We’ve found out the hard way ...

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Chalermchai Sri-on plans to legalise the commercial farming of Asian water monitors and swiflets, whose nests are used for bird-nest soup. He said on ...

On Bird Island, where there are no mammal predators, cement nests “worked the best, being open on both sides allowing for air flow and natural cooling, but would provide poor protection against ...

By Jillian Steinhauer Tamara de Lempicka’s first major U.S. survey invokes her as a trailblazing techno-feminist who borrowed freely from art history. But it also buries her erratic second act.

Entertaining Recipes and the New Art of Entertaining’ by Stephanie Nass shares tips for throwing one-of-a-kind parties.