The late Anthony Bourdain had strong opinions about ketchup. He found fancy ketchup a travesty -- but not the type of "fancy" ...

But the story of ketchup actually begins in Asia. We think of ketchup as a thick red sauce, but it was something pretty different in the beginning. It originated as a thin soy sauce made from ...

If you're the kind of person who puts ketchup on your ketchup, and you find the act of squeezing or sliding the red goop out ...

This story appears in the February 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Ketchup—that cheerful red sauce sold in handy glass bottles—first came on the American market in the 19th century.

and red coloring to make a local version of the tomato-based condiment. During World War II, a businessman named Magdalo Francisco began mass-producing the ketchup. It’s been synonymous with ...

The Country Range Group is raising the sauce stakes after adding to its premium Signature by Country Range portfolio with the ...