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A Brief History of Food: The Carrot
The wild carrot (Daucus carota [1]) is a root vegetable now native in Europe and southwestern Asia. It most likely originated in Persia,...
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Jun 12, 2020
A Brief History of Food: The Potato
Cultivated potatoes all belong to one botanical species, Solanum tuberosum, but this includes hundreds, if not thousands, of different...
Tastes Of History
Jun 12, 2020
Kew on a Plate
Back in 2015 BBC Two's re-ran its series 'Kew on a Plate' presented by Raymond Blanc and Kate Humble. They had spent the year at Kew...
Tastes Of History
Jun 12, 2020
Ostrich Egg in a Pine Kernel Sauce
One of the tasty recipes drawn from Apicius is for 'soft eggs in a pine kernel sauce' (Apicius 7.13.3). Should you wish to reproduce this...
Tastes Of History
Jun 10, 2020
First Rabbits in Britain
In April 2005 David Sapsted, writing for The Telegraph newspaper, reported that: 'Years of division among academics over whether the...
Tastes Of History
Jun 2, 2020
A Brief History of Food: Long Pepper
Long pepper (Piper longum), sometimes called Indian long pepper, is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae. It is cultivated for its...
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