Rationing and food shortages before, during, and after WWII in Italy, and a recipe from a delightfully quirky 1942 cookbook
How Juliette Gordon Low established the Girl Scouts in the US, and the original 1922 recipe for Girl Scout cookies
The history of ridiculously expensive pineapples in Europe, and an 18th century recipe for delicious pineapple tarts
The complexity of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and a two thousand year old recipe for fresh cheese that he might have enjoyed
How to survive a medieval winter, and a 14th century recipe for rich and hearty wheat berry porridge
The origins and evolution of beef stroganoff, and a 19th century recipe that I highly recommend
The history of gnocchi being made from everything from cheese to cake to truffles to potatoes
The Hunger Winter of the Netherlands at the end of World War II, and a recipe from the famine that includes tulip bulbs
How people have gotten, treated, and lived with gout throughout history, and an 18th century venison recipe that is laden with gout-inducing ingredients
