1 - The Day Paris Ate Its Zoo Animals

06/29/19 • 14 min

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It's 1870 and Paris is under siege. It's the middle of the Franco-Prussian war, and the German army has the city surrounded. Their food and supply lines are cut off and the Parisians find that they have to start getting creative with the produce they have at hand.
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Introducing The Fantastic History Of Food

Season One of 'The Fantastic History Of Food' will soon be launching with the first 5 episodes.
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Coming up in the first season:
We take a deep dive into the backstory of one of the middle easts most famous desserts and how it’s linked to the conspiratorial rise and fall of a powerful queen. We’ll also be looking at the time Paris was forced to eat their own zoo animals and the story of Ping Bodie, the New York Yankees hitter who once challenged an ostrich to a spaghetti eating competition.
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2 - A Conspiracy. A Murder. An Egyptian Bread Pudding.

An exploration of three different origin stories for the famous Egyptian pudding Om Ali. We dive deep into the story of the famous female Sultan Shajar Al Durr, and her far reaching influence in the empire.
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