Matt Siegel
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The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
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2021
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Pear Noir! (#5)
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2011
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I Know Someone with Autism
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2011
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I Know Someone with ADHD
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2011
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I Know Someone with Allergies
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2011
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I Know Someone with Diabetes
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2011
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I Know Someone with Eczema
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2011
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I Know Someone Who Uses a Wheelchair
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2011
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I Know Someone With a Hearing Impairment
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2011
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I Know Someone with Down Syndrome
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2011
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“Whereas individual human beings can go through life without participating in political acts and without personal liberty and can survive without forming a family or having sex, none of us can go without food. It is the absolute biological necessity of food that makes it so central to cultural history and so inclusive of all peoples in all times.”
― The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
― The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
“As Christianity spread across Europe, the Church basically adopted these various pagan, Norse, Roman, and Celtic traditions as their own, choosing to celebrate the birth of Christ on December 25,31 for example, because it was already associated with feasting, sacrament, and rebirth.”
― The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
― The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
“In fact, McDonald’s cares so much about uniformity and efficiency that they add a silicon-based polymer to the fryer oil to reduce splatter,15 which cuts down on cleaning time; called dimethylpolysiloxane, the same chemical is also used in head lice treatments, condom lubricants,16 and breast implants.17 How neat is that?”
― The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
― The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
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