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The Humble Potato Was Once A French Outlaw

posted on : November 8, 2019 posted by : nicolvalentin 0 Comment

When the French Parliament met in 1748, they made a serious decision. A terrible criminal threatened the country. A miscreant whose deeds were said to include infecting innocent citizens with leprosy. We cannot allow this criminal to infiltrate…

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Like Fast Food? So Did the Ancient Romans

posted on : October 30, 2019 0 Comment

According to a study by the CDC 1/3 of American adults eat out on any given day. That’s 84.8 million people chomping on chicken, fries, doughnut burgers, and tofu McNuggets. All those happy people eating happy meals…

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Apparently Eating Mummy Makes You Healthy

posted on : October 11, 2019 4 Comments

If you lived in the medieval world herbs and spices would be your ally. Assuming you could afford them, they would be in almost everything you cooked and even drank. After all, they added flavor and had great health benefits…

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Delicious, Nutritious, and British?

posted on : October 3, 2019 0 Comment

There once was a gardener named Joseph Paxton who fell in love. The object of his desire was beautiful, unique and oh so shapely. The old stories say he first saw his beloved depicted on wallpaper in his employer&#8217…

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How the English Fell in Love with Tea

posted on : July 6, 2017 2 Comments

The recent Fourth of July celebrations have me thinking about tea. It had a part, after all, in getting this whole independence thing started. What is it that makes tea oh-so-British? In the Beginning, God Made Tea Well…

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The Humble Potato Was Once A French Outlaw

Like Fast Food? So Did the Ancient Romans

Apparently Eating Mummy Makes You Healthy

Delicious, Nutritious, and British?

How the English Fell in Love with Tea