A Helping of Misfortune: What Not to Eat on Friday the 13th

Last week’s Friday the 13th once again revived its reputation as the world’s most infamous unlucky date. The superstition runs deep: Some airlines skip row 13, hotels leave out room numbers, and entire floors quietly jump from 12 to 14. Even history has fed the myth. At the Last Supper, 13 people sat at the table—a number later linked to betrayal and death. It is hardly surprising, then, that superstition has also found its way onto the plate.