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Chocolate: From the Food of the Gods to the Candy Aisle
Episode 147
MesoAmerica and Chocolate
In our series looking at foods that built civilizations, today we are going to stay in the Americas with chocolate.
Chocolate…
3 hours ago
Fear Not the Potato. Fear the Person Who Fears the Potato.
Episode 146
I’ve been doing a series about foods that built civilizations. In this episode, we are talking about the potato.
It is difficult to imagine that thous…
1 week ago
The Fish that Built America
Episode 145
In our series about foods that built civilization, we talked a lot about grains, from wheat to corn to rice. Today, we are taking you to the ocean, w…
2 weeks ago
The Three Sisters
Episode 144
Corn, beans, and squash, the three sisters, were the Native Americans’ crop, providing a stable source of calories, protein, and farming from Canada …
3 weeks ago
Fear Not Rice: It Built a Civilization
Episode 143
If you spent time in the low-carb world, rice is about as welcome as a toxic waste dump. It is part of those dreaded whites: white flour, white sugar…
4 weeks ago
Beer, Bread, Cheese — and Penicillin
Episode 142
When we talk about the microbiome, people think about the colon and trillions of microorganisms. Have you ever considered that humans have other inte…
1 month ago
Salt: From the Roman Legion to Your Electrolyte Packet
Episode 141
Salt: From the Roman Legion to Your Electrolyte Packet
You've probably heard that Roman soldiers were paid in salt—and that this is where we get the …
1 month, 1 week ago
Coffee Woke Civilization
Episode 140
How a tiny seed changed the way we work, think, meet, and start the day
Bread gave civilization calories. Beans gave it protein. Olive oil gave it lig…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Benevolent Bean: Civilization's Forgotten Protein
Episode 139
For years, beans have suffered from an image problem.
They've been called "the poor man's meat," joked about for causing gas, and often relegated to t…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Olive Oil: One of the First Medicines
Episode 138
Olive Oil: The Original Superfood
Before electricity lit our homes, olive oil did.
For thousands of years, olive oil was far more than something people…
2 months ago