Wherein the Prussians know the best way to find a fair trade dark roast is to sniff it out. Despite growing up near Seattle, I’ve never been much of a coffee drinker (or any hot drink for that matter). By the time I’m finished doctoring up a cuppa joe, it can more accurately be described … Read More
Food
Get You a Copper Kettle
Wherein medieval copper pots make you fashionable down to your bones. One of the things I find most interesting among archaeological and paleontological discoveries is when researchers can determine, frequently by examining bone specimens, the general diet of a local people group. For example, a recent find indicates some Neanderthals ate mushrooms, nuts and even … Read More
Grab-and-Go Breakfast
Wherein we breakfast a little like the Romans: with bread, but without belching. Breakfast is seldom a luxurious meal filled with slow-cooked dainties. In fact, if you look up the most common description for breakfast foods, you’ll find our strong preference for “grab-and-go” items: something we can snatch and shove in our food holes as … Read More
