by Developer | Jan 23, 2023 | -, Blog Posts, Food History
Microwaves, Freezers & the rise of convenience food As a kid, my mother didn’t like me to hang out in the kitchen too much, as I was just too curious for my good. Once I scratched a watermelon with a spoon for an hour to make watermelon juice. Feeling...
by Developer | Jan 23, 2023 | -, Blog Posts, Food History
Pink margarine & the games of the butter lobby: how big butter tried to smother competition Imagine living in the State of New Hampshire sometime in at the end of the 19th century. You go out to do some grocery shopping. Money is a little tight this month, so...
by Developer | Jan 23, 2023 | -, Blog Posts, Food History
A poor man’s meal: lobster. Food history for the future of food “If you imagine a lobster talking, it probably has a British accent. Draw an animated lobster, and I bet you’ll include a top hat, a monocle, and an opera cape,” wrote food and...
by Developer | Jan 23, 2023 | -, Blog Posts, Food History
The Common Devil’s Choice I remember sitting with a group of friends on a bit of stone wall in the North of Portugal. A French girl I barely knew took out her Tupperware filled with a thick curry. With her fingers pinched, her right-hand dove into the orange goo...
by Developer | Jan 21, 2023 | -, Blog Posts
Mashed, boiled, roasted, or fried potatoes are a beloved staple worldwide, but this has not always been the case. The humble potato had a tough time. It has been hailed as an aphrodisiac, banned for causing leprosy, entangled in the rise of empires, and the death of...
by Marina Schmidt | Dec 13, 2022 | -, Blog Posts, Food History
New World Order: Colonialism on the Modern Western Diet Tomatoes used to be something scary; many Italians feared tomatoes believing they were poisonous. People were killed because they ate tomatoes, especially women. Yes. It sounds absurd nowadays. But the success of...
