Gastropod looks at food through the lens of science and history.
Co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley serve up a brand new episode every two weeks.
Co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley serve up a brand new episode every two weeks.
Journalist Robert Moss covers food, drink, and travel from Charleston, South Carolina. His most recent book is The Lost Southern Chefs: A History of Commercial Dining in the Nineteenth-Century South.
A selection of clips from South Carolina newspapers about Romeo Govan and his famous "red horse bread"—which seems to be the precursor to hush puppies—including a clip from his obituary from December 1915, bottom right.
Carol Wilson is a food writer based in the UK. She's the author of the recent book Regional Cooking of England: A Culinary Tour with More Than 280 Traditional Recipes.
The cake created for the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1840, which set the trend for elaborate (and expensive!) wedding cakes. The cake weighed more than 300 pounds and was covered in ornate sugar sculptures, including figures of the bride and groom in Roman garb. (Image Credit: The Royal Family)
Dennis Savaiano is a researcher at Purdue University's Department of Nutrition Science. His work focuses on lactose digestion and tolerance, as well as whether A2 milk causes less discomfort to dairy drinkers.
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