Persephone’s secret The Eleusinian Mysteries and the making of the modern economy
Why did the participants in the Eleusinian Mysteries leave no trace of what it was about?
Category: Podcasts
Peanuts, Senegal and Slavery A new book uncovers how peanuts enslaved people in Senegal and offered a way out of slavery for some
France abolished slavery in 1815 but the practice continued long after that in its west African enclaves
Garum: Rome’s new library and museum of food An old monastery houses treasures old and not so old
On the slopes of the Palatine Hill, supposedly on the site where the she-wolf suckled Romulus and Remus, a new food museum.
Tomatoes: domestication and diversity What lies beneath does not reflect what you see
New studies make sense of tomato’s transformation from teeny-fruited weed to diversity diva.
Aaron Vallance — 1dish4theroad How a London doctor came to love writing — about food and more
A doctor in London chronicles his eating adventures through fact and fiction