637 research outputs found
The Apparition of Fat in Western Nutritional Theory
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How to Milk an Almond, Stuff an Egg, and Armor a Turnip: A Thousand Years of Recipes. by David Friedman and Elizabeth Cook.
Insensible Perspiration and Oily Vegetable Humor: An Eighteenth Century Controversy Over Vegetarianism
Quack diets are nothing new. Nor have they always been easily dismissed. In eighteenth-century Italy, a virulent controversy arose over a meatless wonder diet. This controversy would eventually play itself out in the field of nutritional theory, as dietary writers crambled to incorporate the latest scientific findings into their recommendations
The Future of Tableware and Cooking Vessels: Some Predictions and Practical Experiments
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Food and the City in Europe since 1800 by Peter J. Atkins, Peter Lummel, Derek J. Oddy, (eds.)
Almonds Along the Silk Road: The Exchange and Adaptation of Ideas from West to East
The article discusses the trade routes and the use of almonds to treat ailments. According to the author, almonds were among the first plants to be domesticated around world, particularly in Asia. It also notes that almonds would be ideal for treating colds and other phlegmatic disorders, as well as for bowels. Moreover, some forms in which almonds could be consumed are also mentioned, such as soaking or blanching and roasting
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