Chocolate Was a Bitter Drink for 3,000 Years. Someone Decided to Add Sugar. Everything Changed.
The chocolate you know is 500 years old. What came before it was bitter, spiced with chili, served cold, and consumed for 3,000 years... 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 Tomato Was Considered Poisonous in Europe for 200 Years. Here Is Why.
For more than two hundred years, Europeans refused to eat the tomato. They called it the poison apple. Aristocrats died after eating it. Botanists... read more >>
Carrots Were Not Always Orange. The Dutch Changed That for Political Reasons.
The orange carrot is not a fact of nature. It is a fact of the Netherlands. The first cultivated carrots were purple and yellow.... read more >>
Caesar Salad Was Not Invented in Rome. The Real Story Is More Interesting.
The Caesar salad was not invented in Rome. It was invented in Tijuana, Mexico, on July 4 1924, by an Italian immigrant named Caesar... read more >>
The Croissant Is Not French. Jean Louis Has Strong Feelings About This.
The croissant is not French. It began as an Austrian kipferl documented in Vienna in 1227, arrived in Paris in 1839 via one Austrian... read more >>
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