MetaFilter posts tagged with eating and history

The Year In Pizza.

jonson — Mon, 06 Jan 2003 16:45:39 -0800

The Year In Pizza is a review of the happenings in one of the worst years ever for the pizza industry; what's touching, and quirky about this corporate industry wrap up is the inclusion of brief memorials for pizza murder victims, those workers slain by hungry robbers for whatever little cash they had on them. It's hard to imagine a "year in printing & bindery" review listing all the victims of industrial press manglings.

America's Culinary Heritage

staggernation — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 07:31:20 -0800

Not by Bread Alone: America's Culinary Heritage This online companion to a recent Cornell University Library exhibition has a handful of interesting images from the annals of food and drink. Does OXO make a Good Grips raisin seeder yet?

realjanetkagan — Sat, 19 Jan 2002 22:15:04 -0800

The Food Timeline: Want to know when people first started eating watermelon? This site claims to tell you (roughly). I've no idea how accurate their dates are but this is a grand place to surf foodstuffs. (Also links to some ancient, ancient recipes that sound mouth-watering.)

kittyloop — Sat, 19 Jan 2002 20:41:41 -0800

In light of the recent pets eating people thread, here's an article about 17th and 18th century polyphagi, people who ate just about anything, and I do mean anything.