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chocolate is going extinct, here’s why

Will chocolate become extinct? The price of cocoa is rising at a record time high with no signs of slowing down. Why is this happening? In this video, Melissa unearths the bitter truth about chocolate and searches for how we … Continue reading

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Eriko Kobayashi Casts Extraordinarily Lifelike Foods From Glass in Her Hyperrealistic Sculptures | Colossal

FEBRUARY 13, 2024 KATE MOTHES All images © Eriko Kobayashi Eriko Kobayashi’s incredibly lifelike sculptures of fried eggs, bacon, and gummy bears are made from the last thing you’d want to take a bite out of. Formed entirely of glass, … Continue reading

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Farmers in #Madagascar produce roughly 80 percent of the world’s #vanilla. #soexpensive #spices

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Ancient Roman Garum Revisited

[…] You Had Me At Garum T-Shirt: https://crowdmade.com/products/tastin… Fish Shaped Bottle: https://amzn.to/49nbKEK Support the Channel with Patreon ► / tastinghistory Order the TASTING HISTORY COOKBOOK: https://amzn.to/42O10Lx Watch the original Garum video here: • I finally made GARUM | Ancient Rome’s… … Continue reading

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How an Indian Stew Shaped the Modern World: From Cleopatra to Queen Elizabeth

How do you define a category that includes so many of the world’s most beloved dishes- from Thailand to India, Africa to the Caribbean? A category of coconut soups and onion-based stews, Thai-Khmer steamed fish mousse and even samosas and … Continue reading

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BBC Radio 4 – Crossing Continents, Bolivia’s giant fish intruder

The giant freshwater fish that’s invading Bolivia’s Amazonian rivers. Some people said it was created by Peruvian scientists, that it gorged on the blood of farm animals, that it was a monster. Many myths have grown up in Bolivia around … Continue reading

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Is there metal in cereal?

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In the 1600s, medieval monks in Bavaria were given strict orders to not eat solid food during Lent…

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Chocolate: Food of the Gods

Chocolate has an incredible story from the cacao tree to the chocolate that we love today. Discover chocolate’s long lost Mesoamerican history from its South American origins to its cultivation and rise in Mesoamerica. Thumbnail image by kamazotz, https://www.deviantart.com/kamazotz/a… Watch … Continue reading

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Tea’s Ancient Beginnings in China | The Tea History Podcast | Ep. 1

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Tea History Podcast. This is a video companion of the podcast audio that will create a visual aid to the subject matter. In this first episode, we’ll explore tea’s humble beginnings in the … Continue reading

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