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Most Americans eat like kings without realizing it.
Most Americans eat like kings without realizing it.
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Nov 26, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
It’s undeniable that the way people eat has changed drastically in the last century. It took thousands of years for human societies to transition from hunter-gatherers to farmers. By contrast, it’s only been in the last hundred years or so that people have moved away from growing their own crops and raising their own livestock to getting most of their food from a restaurant or store.
Food historian Rachel Laudan thinks that this recent and rapid transition is ultimately a good thing. She takes issue with the conventional wisdom that industrialized food is a blight. In her book Cuisine and Empire, she details the rise of “middling cuisine”—the food of the middle class. On this episode of UnTextbooked, producer Grace Davis interviews Rachel Laudan about how greater access to a wide variety of food is a marker of social equality.
Book: Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History and “A Plea for Culinary Modernism”
Guest: Dr. Rachel Laudan
Producer: Grace Davis
Music: Silas Bohen and Coleman Hamilton
Editors: Bethany Denton and Jeff Emtman
Food historian Rachel Laudan thinks that this recent and rapid transition is ultimately a good thing. She takes issue with the conventional wisdom that industrialized food is a blight. In her book Cuisine and Empire, she details the rise of “middling cuisine”—the food of the middle class. On this episode of UnTextbooked, producer Grace Davis interviews Rachel Laudan about how greater access to a wide variety of food is a marker of social equality.
Book: Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History and “A Plea for Culinary Modernism”
Guest: Dr. Rachel Laudan
Producer: Grace Davis
Music: Silas Bohen and Coleman Hamilton
Editors: Bethany Denton and Jeff Emtman
Released:
Nov 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (73)
Most Americans eat like kings without realizing it.: Choosing what to eat was a luxury once reserved for the most privileged, but industrial food production has made it possible for ordinary people to eat like kings. UnTextbooked producer Grace Davis interviews food historian Rachel Laudan about her book Cuisine and Empire. by UnTextbooked | A history podcast for the future