Les Leftovers

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Showing posts with label lead piping under the Romans. Show all posts

Showing posts with label lead piping under the Romans. Show all posts

Friday, August 30, 2013

The water highways of Gaul

Imagine a Frank riding about the countryside his people have just begun to rule. He sees a series of arches in the distance, stretching from...

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chezjim: Jim Chevallier is a food historian with a checkered past and eclectic interests. His most recent book is "Feasting with the Franks; the First French Medieval Food'; this follows a history of French bread - "Before the Baguette: The History of French Bread" - and a small work on the women who delivered bread in Paris and other cities for over a century: "They Came Bearing Bread; the Hard Lives of the Porteuses de Pain'. CHOICE magazine named his "A History of the Food of Paris: From Roast Mammoth to Steak Frites" an Outstanding Academic Achievement for 2019; for more about this history of Parisian food, see parisfoodhistory,com . He has appeared on "CBS Sunday Morning" and other media outlets.

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