History Bites

History Bites: Italian Food AKA "An Ode to the Noodle"

February 03, 2021

One day, my sister gives me a call out of the blue and starts going on about how she’d recently discovered the show Kitchen Nightmares (for those unfamiliar, it’s where Gordon Ramsay yells struggli...

History Bites: Southern Food pt 1

January 27, 2021

This one is going to end up being a two-parter. For some reason I always end up waiting to write these until there’s a bit of time pressure looming over my head. That usually means trying to finish...

History Bites: Sumac

January 20, 2021

All About Sumac So you may have noticed this week that we’re making a bit of a big deal about sumac. The reason is we wanted to shine a light on an ingredient that most people aren’t incredibly fam...

History Bites: Pairing

November 25, 2020

This week we're taking a break from history to take in a bit of theory. We'll be looking at how we think about flavour and in turn how we pair food with beverages. And we'll be using a cartoon rat ...

History Bites: Moussaka

November 18, 2020

This week we look at the importance of cultural culinary tradition, the history of moussaka, and the man who codified modern Greek food.

History Bites: Cordon Bleu

November 11, 2020

This week we dabble in a bit of story telling to get to the origin of this delicious dish. I also reveal one of my secret research weapons...

The Wonderful World of Dumplings

November 04, 2020

Hello my little dumplings. Such a bizarre term of endearment, but after wrapping hundreds of my own little dumplings by hand this week, I get it. There’s a lot of love and care that goes into makin...

An Ode to Beef Bourguignon

October 28, 2020

This week we don't focus too much on the history, and a little more of the impact. We also look at what really makes a meal important.