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Eating in the Early Industrial Revolution

Posted October 2, 201700:34:35

The Industrial Revolution brought far-reaching changes in food production and culture. In this episode, we'll travel to the British Isles and observe...

Romantics, Vegetarians, Utopians

Posted October 2, 201700:33:02

In the 19th century, food-conscious social movements reacted against the many ills of industrial society. In today's podcast. we're going to delve into...

First Restaurants, Chefs, and Gastronomy

Posted October 2, 201700:33:37

In today's podcast we're going to learn about the West’s first true restaurants in 18th-century Paris.

Big Business and the Homogenization of Food

Posted October 2, 201700:33:41

In today's episode we're going into the underbelly of food production. We'll investigate the process by which late 19th-century food production became...

Food Imperialism around the World

Posted October 2, 201700:33:41

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, European colonialism expanded across the entire globe as a form of economic empire building, with food production...