Very few authors gain fame from their works while they’re still alive. As an example, H.P. Lovecraft, creator of the Cthulhu mythos, died alone and deeply depressed at 42 from intestinal cancer virtually unknown. Of course, there are exceptions to this. Harry Potter was, and to some extent, still is, incredibly popular and made J.K. […]
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Everyone on the planet who’s had a European History class knows the name “Napoleon.” He was kinda important for kinda a long time for kinda a lot of reasons, so they kinda have to teach about him. Unfortunately, the U.S. education system likes to make learning as painfully dull as possible, so they like to
Finally. This is it. The last post about bread. My brain is forever changed by my incessant research; every night I count little fluffy croissants instead of sheep to go to bed. I live, eat, and breathe bread now (there are worst fates to be had, so I’m not that mad about it). Let’s go
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It’s important to realize the medical science had a huge influence over people’s eating habits in the medieval age, especially when they were dropping like flies due to never-ending natural disasters. There was this prevailing idea from the 3rd century till about the of the four bodily humors, Flegmat (phlegm), Sanguin (blood), Coleric (yellow bile)
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I’m back again with a part 2! I know all of you were waiting with bated breath for this, so I have delivered. This sequel post will be all about the Middle Ages and how deeply intertwined major world events and eating are. Let’s start out with defining the Middle Age and what France was
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I’m a big fan of bread. It’s incredible versatile yet it still makes for a great snack even by itself. There are countless different techniques, ingredients, styles, and cultures that can go into bread, so naturally I began to get curious about its history here in France. It actually started with Katelyn ordering something at
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The title of this first post is what I said to my mum after she suggested I shouldn’t come with the week I had preceding the trip. It’s hilarious to look at in hindsight, everything happened to close together. I’m not some Lemony Snicket character meeting my new guardian after my parents died in a
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