Category Archives: Food

BBC World Service – CrowdScience, What’s the yeast doing inside my bread?

Yeast: the tiny organism with massive potential f you’re one of the millions of people who used lockdown to try something new like baking sourdough bread, you may well be wondering what’s happening chemically inside your loaf, especially if the … Continue reading

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Golden Brown Brazilian Farofa Recipe

By http://www.cucabrazuca.com/ – Classic Brazilian food and drinks Another great Afro-Brazilian dish. Farofa is toasted casava flower fried in butter with a variety of other ingredients. It’s a wonderful accompaniment to other Brazilian dishes. Yellow Farofa is mixed with Dende … Continue reading

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The Strange Flavor of Parthian Chicken from Ancient Rome

The ingredient, asafoetida made sure the Parthian Empire got credit for one of Rome’s most famous dishes. The flavor of this horrific smelling spice is beyond description, but I’m going to give it my best shot. Follow Tasting History here: … Continue reading

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A Database of 5,000 Historical Cookbooks–Covering 1,000 Years of Food History–Is Now Online

As you know if you’re a reader of this site, there are vast, interactive (and free!) scholarly databases online collecting just about every kind of artifact, from Bibles to bird calls, and yes, there are a significant number of cookbooks online, … Continue reading

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BBC Radio 4 – The Food Programme, Food and the legacy of slavery

Jaega Wise and Dan Saladino investigate the hidden story of slavery in our food. Between the 17th century and into the 19th, twelve million enslaved Africans were transported to the Caribbean and into the rest of the Americas. Their work … Continue reading

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Cook Historic Mexican Recipes With These Newly Digitized Cookbooks | My Modern Met

UTSA librarians and architects adapted this cover image for “Postres” from a 1960s cookbook in the collection. (Photo: Postres, UTSA Libraries Special Collections.) The University of Texas at San Antonio is currently working to bring diverse perspectives on Mexican cuisine together … Continue reading

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How caffeine changed the world – ScienceBlog.com

It is the world’s most-used drug, one many of us simply refuse to live without, opting for addiction over the loss of that first, or second, or in some cases third cup that gets us through the day. And now its … Continue reading

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What Do ‘Natural’ and ‘Artificial’ Flavors Really Mean?

What does it actually mean when your snack cake has “naturally flavored” on the package?

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Umami: The 5th Taste, Explained | Food52 + Ajinomoto

Umami is one of those alluring buzz words TV chefs throw around when they want to describe something delicious—but if asked to explain it, could we? It’s a taste, sure, but what exactly is it…and why do we all like … Continue reading

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How a 500-Year-Old Chinese ‘Bagel’ Helped Win a War

This round bread might look like a bagel. It’s even got the trademark hole in the middle. But this is not a bagel. It’s guang-bing, and it’s got a heroic past. This is the story of how a humble little … Continue reading

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