Tea Was Not a British Tradition Until 1662. One Portuguese Woman Changed Everything.
Tea feels so British it seems to have always been there. It was not. For most of English history, tea did not exist in... read more >>
Food Stories by Jean Louis
Food Has a Past
Every dish you love has a past that nobody told you about. Myths, stolen recipes, accidental inventions, and the inconvenient truths behind the food on your plate. Jean Louis has been cooking professionally for decades and reading food history for just as long. He is done staying quiet about what he knows.
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The Fork Was Considered Sinful in Medieval Europe. The Church Had Opinions.
For centuries, the fork was not a utensil. It was a provocation. The Church called it unnatural. Aristocrats called it effeminate. Everyone had an... read more >>
Champagne Was Invented by Accident. The Man Who Gets Credit for It Tried to Prevent It.
Dom Perignon spent years trying to stop his wine from bubbling. The bubbles were considered a defect. An Englishman named Christopher Merret described the... read more >>
Ketchup Was a Fermented Fish Sauce Invented in Asia. Heinz Turned It Into Something Entirely Different.
The word ketchup comes from a fermented fish sauce called ke-tsiap made in Fujian, China, around 300 BCE. British sailors brought the name home... read more >>
Honey Found in Egyptian Tombs Is Still Edible. Jean Louis Explains Why That Is Not Surprising.
When Howard Carter opened Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, among the treasures were sealed pots of honey 3,000 years old and still edible. To a... read more >>
Sushi Was Originally Street Food Sold in Less Than 30 Seconds. Here Is What Happened to It.
In 1810, Hanaya Yohei invented nigiri sushi at a street stall in Edo. He pressed rice and fish together in under 30 seconds. Customers... read more >>
The Industry Convinced You Breakfast Is the Most Important Meal of the Day. It Was an Ad Campaign.
The phrase breakfast is the most important meal of the day was a 1944 radio advertising line for General Foods. Before that, Edward Bernays... read more >>
Pasta Did Not Come From China. The Marco Polo Story Is a Myth. Here Is the Real One.
The story that Marco Polo brought pasta to Italy from China was invented in 1929 by an American pasta industry trade journal for marketing... read more >>
The French Did Not Invent French Fries. Belgium Is Still Angry About This.
Belgium has claimed for decades that French fries are theirs. They petitioned UNESCO. They held conferences. Then in 2021 a Belgian historian concluded they... read more >>
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