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Apart from acceptance and tolerance, there are three things that played a major role in bringing to an end the medieval period and heralding in the Renaissance with specific reference to food:  gunpowder, compasses and …

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Every year the Emperor of the Incas solemnly picked up a spade of gold and planted the first quinoa seed – it was sacred and known as the mother grain. To this day, in the altiplano, …

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The goldenberry or, as it is more commonly known, the Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana) isn’t a true gooseberry but a botanical relative of potatoes and tomatoes and has been growing in the Andes mountains for …

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The tamarillo (Cyphomandra betacea) or its Spanish name tomate de árbol (tree tomato) is native to the Andes and had been planted along the sides of the great mountains long before the arrival of the Europeans. …

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The Inca nation were still settling down to new surroundings when the Spanish arrived during the 1530’s and, in the name of God, massacred an entire nation so technologically, scientifically, medically and agriculturally advanced that …

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What is taste and is there really a thing called good taste? Who is qualified to decide that one culture has good taste and another doesn’t? Victor Hugo in his Proses Philosophiques, 1860 – 1865 famously …

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How does one boil an egg? Why should you eat them and what nutrients do they contain? We started thinking about this on the day my graduate daughter phoned to ask the question and so …

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This legend finds Cleopatra, overcome by the summer heat, requesting her slaves to invent a new but refreshing salad from her favourite summer foods. Her personal chef combines soaked cracked wheat grains, freshly chopped green …

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Few people dislike ice cream and even fewer don’t use ice cream as a dessert on a regular basis, but there are only so many varieties and really good Italian ice cream should be eaten …

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Lemons are widely used in Egypt and are typically found in many Egyptian dishes. To make this dish, try to find a lamb that hasn’t been fattened too much because, notwithstanding the fact that the …