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Voices In Time

1837 | London

Second Helpings

Oliver Twist asks for more.More

Voices In Time

1180 | Canterbury

Conspicuously Consuming Clergy

The expensive taste of medieval monks.More

Voices In Time

c. 1970 | Nigeria

The Only God That Counts

The things we do for food.More

Voices In Time

c. 64 | Campania

Piggy Bank

Petronius witnesses an embarrassment of sausages.More

Voices In Time

1609 | Jamestown

Of Such a Dish as Powdered Wife

John Smith remembers the “starving time.”More

Voices In Time

1832 | United States

Abundant, Not Delicate

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of a second dinner.More

Voices In Time

c. 1965 | Nigeria

Waste Not, Want Not

The cosmic consequences of overeating.More

Voices In Time

c. 1690 | Mexico City

If Aristotle Had Cooked

Contemplating the philosophy of the kitchen.More

Voices In Time

c. 1945 | Bergen-Belsen

Bread Is Gold

At Bergen-Belsen, hunger crushes the spirit.More

Voices In Time

1634 | New France

Ravenous Jubilation

Hunger games in New France.More

Voices In Time

1749 | London

Today’s Menu

Henry Fielding presents a bill of fare to a literary feast.More

Voices In Time

c. 1985 | El Paso

Hangover Cure

The red badge of menudo stains.More

Voices In Time

c. 50 BC | China

Procedural

Minding your manners at a Chinese dinner.More

Voices In Time

1661 | London

It Just Tastes Better

How to roast a live goose.More

Voices In Time

c. 625 BC | Sparta

Mess Hall

Sparta removes the thirst for wealth.More

Voices In Time

1910 | Liverpool

Force-Feeding

The suffering of a suffragette.More

Voices In Time

1944 | Leicestershire

None of the Above

The birth of the vegan diet.More

Voices In Time

1944 | St. Louis

Playlist

A few of Duke Ellington’s favorite things.More

Voices In Time

c. 1512 | Florence

Table Decoration

A book made of lasagna—how bad can that be?More

Voices In Time

1546 | Holland

And the Snozzberries Taste Like Snozzberries

A mythical land of food, glorious food.More

Voices In Time

c. 1490 | Milan

Kitchen Appliances

Bedlam in Leonardo’s kitchen.More

Voices In Time

1970 | Northern California

Hold the Chicken

Jack Nicholson orders an omelette.More

Voices In Time

c. 1830 | Maryland

Blood-Bought Luxuries

Frederick Douglass compares the food of slaves with that of their masters.More

Voices In Time

1777 | New Zealand

Dog Eat Dog

Hunger is the best sauce.More

Voices In Time

1724 | Block Island

Principle Versus Inclination

Ben Franklin rationalizes his seafood dinner.More

Voices In Time

1854 | Walden

Civil Abstinence

To fish or not to fish, that is the question.More

Voices In Time

1729 | Dublin

To Preserve the Nation

Jonathan Swift’s modest proposal.More

Voices In Time

1923 | Missouri

No Small Parts

Laura Ingalls Wilder finds the golden gleam of sunlight in the fabric of civilization.More

Voices In Time

1764 | Paris

What the Dead Ate

The diets of the dearly departed.More

Voices In Time

c. 1876 | Arabia

Boiled Not Flayed

Mastering the art of Bedouin cooking.More

Voices In Time

c. 1030 | China

Acquired Tastes

A regional survey of Chinese delicacies.More

Voices In Time

1878 | Paris

National Cuisine

They eat dogs there, don’t they?More

Voices In Time

1971 | Berkeley

Paradigm Shift

Greil Marcus witnesses the birth of a movement.More

Voices In Time

1838 | Auteuil

Procuring Impossibilities

Easy entertaining with the Count of Monte Cristo.More

Voices In Time

1930 | England

Culinary Tourism

Hilaire Belloc muses on matters of taste.More

Voices In Time

c. 525 | Denmark

Guest of Honor

Beowulf arrives at the mead hall.More

Voices In Time

1771 | London

Tasting the Sweet and Sour

Tobias Smollett is definitely tired of London.More

Voices In Time

1906 | Chicago

Upton Sinclair Tours the Factory

A behind-the-scenes look at meatpacking.More

Voices In Time

54 | Rome

The Death Cap

Nero declares mushrooms the food of the gods.More

Voices In Time

c. 3760 BC | Eden

Taste of Knowledge

Eve tries the forbidden fruit.More

Voices In Time

c. 1250 BC | Mt. Sinai

No Seagull, Hold the Camel

Thus saith the Lord: eat this, not that.More

Voices In Time

c. 1680 | Edo

Tonight’s Moon, Tomorrow’s Hangover

The morning after among the cherry blossoms.More

Voices In Time

c. 1795 | France

An Omnivore’s Dilemma

The man who ate everything.More

Voices In Time

c. 2200 BC | Sumer

Father Enki’s Amber Waves of Grain

A Sumerian god spreads his seed.More

Voices In Time

1949 | Los Angeles

M.F.K. Fisher on the Basics

Learning to honor bread and salt.More

Voices In Time

362 | Phrygia

An Exercise in Willpower

The taboo on fish in the worship of the Great Mother.More

Voices In Time

1979 | Texas

Breakfast of Champions

Hunter S. Thompson’s most important meal of the day.More

Voices In Time

1917 | Paris

Willa Cather Satisfies a Craving

Hunting for cheese in war-torn France.More

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