Les Leftovers

sort of a food history blog

Saturday, August 9, 2014

French cities of the Dark Ages

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Roman cities.... only existed in name in the sixth century; their space was infinitely shrunk, and they became what they had formerly been,...
Friday, August 1, 2014

In defense of the Franks (and other “barbarian hordes”)

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How long did the Romans remain in undisturbed possession of Gaul? About 800 years, when various "Barbarian hordes" successively...
Friday, July 25, 2014

The later water myths: early America

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One would think that as the modern era approached, claims that people drank alcohol to avoid bad water would fall away. But in fact the sam...
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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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