Everyone knows the saying about what the world’s “oldest profession” is, but you will find a very close runner up in the kitchen. The history...
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HOF Episode 27: A Day in the Life (of a Peasant Farmer)Have you ever wondered if there’s more to history than dates and major events, what some of the stories and daily lives of regular people... Read more
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HOF Episode 26: Factory Food (Industrial Revolution)When Britain industrialized in the late 1700s and the rest of the western world soon followed, humans were transformed to a degree not seen for... Read more
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HOF Episode 26: Factory Food (Industrial Revolution)When Britain industrialized in the late 1700s and the rest of the western world soon followed, humans were transformed to a degree not seen for... Read more
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HOF Episode 25: The Soul of American Cooking (Colonial USA)Who founded America? George Washington? Thomas Jefferson? America had founding fathers alright, but they aren’t the ones you’re thinking of. Would you believe that African... Read more
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HOF Episode 24: The Feeling of Fullness (Sub Saharan Africa)Is good cooking defined by ingredients, skill in preparation, style of cuisine, or is it something even more fundamental and deeply human? We left out... Read more
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HOF Episode 23: The Great Sobering (Coffee and Colonialism)Save this episode to go with your morning coffee. Sip that dark and bitter brew, maybe with cream and/or sugar, maybe not, and listen along... Read more
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HOF Episode 22: Melting Pots and Fusion Foods (Globalization)The “American Melting Pot” is far older, larger, and even more diverse than most people imagine. After Columbus reconnected Eurasia and Africa with the Americas,... Read more