The She Eats Rations's Podcast

A whirlwind history of modern food

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Dieting

Thursday Mar 29, 2018

Thursday Mar 29, 2018

Bye bye, New Year's Resolutions.

Restaurants Part I

Wednesday Feb 21, 2018

Wednesday Feb 21, 2018

What did dining out look like to in the time before health inspections, safe food handling techniques, germ theory, and refrigeration? In a word: Bad.
It's late but it's here at last: Restaurants, part I. 

Cake Mixes

Tuesday Dec 05, 2017

Tuesday Dec 05, 2017

What started as a ploy to move dehydrated molasses has become a cultural institution.

Deadly Dinnerware

Friday Nov 10, 2017

Friday Nov 10, 2017

What could be worse than drinking from a lead cup? Well, try radioactive crockery on for size.

Christmas Cake

Wednesday Oct 11, 2017

Wednesday Oct 11, 2017

Christmas cake. Some love it, plenty hate it. But in spite of its status as a reviled piece of confectionary, it persists. Where did it come from? And if everyone hates it, why do we still have it?

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