The 2 Best The Fantastic History Of Food Podcast Episodes
1) 8 - Tapioca Time-Bomb
It's August 1972 and the Swiss freighter Cassarate is bound for Europe with 1.5 Million kg's of Tapioca on board. Somewhere along the way a fire breaks out below decks. Mix tapioca, heat and the water...Show More
2) 39 - Julia Child: WW2 Spy Who Created Shark Repellent Cakes
Even the most famous and lauded among us still have a few tasty secrets up their sleeves, and today we’re going to dive into this fascinating side of one of modern cookings most famous gourmands: Juli...Show More
3) 56 - Robert May's "Spectacle Feasts"
The entire experience of eating a fancy meal these days is no longer just about the food itself. For decades, chefs like Heston Blumenthal have been creating entire culinary experiences to delight all...Show More
4) 55 - How Sausages Helped Win A Battle
It’s well into the northern european winter season at the end of 1939. Five hundred thousand Russian Soviet Soldiers are making a collective push northwards, swarming the countryside as they go. They ...Show More
5) 54 - When Pineapples Were Status Symbols
For the majority of history they were considered the ultimate delicacy by European nobility who just couldn’t get enough of them. From snack to status symbol, the pineapple has graced many a King and ...Show More
6) 53 - Fat Men's Clubs
For as long as so-called civilised societies have existed, equally uncivilised clubs and groups have sprung up within them, allowing their members to revel in all sorts of weird and wonderful excesses...Show More
7) 52 - The Kentucky Meat Shower
Turn on the tv or radio, or scroll any news site online and you’ll no doubt be inundated with stories about crazy weather anomalies happening all around the globe. Volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, ear...Show More
8) 51 - The London Beer Flood
In our modern age we have lived through natural disasters and floods in various parts of the world, and no matter what, they are always tragic. But tragic floods are not always a cause of nature.In ep...Show More
9) 50 - How Alcohol Prohibition Created NASCAR
This episode is a look at how in the early to mid 1900’s the abolitionist laws banning the production and consumption of alcohol played a majorly significant role in the creation of what, today, is a ...Show More
10) 49 - Charles Domery Ate Cats, Grass & A Fellow Soldier's Leg
There are many stories throughout history of individuals with freakish appetites, who seem to be able to consume quantities of food well past what a human stomach should be capable of handling.Today, ...Show More