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Food: A Cultural Culinary History Podcast - The Great Courses

Summary: Food: A Cultural Culinary History, Learn how the entirety of human civilization—war, trade, politics, art, religion, and more—has been shaped by our interaction with food in this delicious course.

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 Aztecs and the Roots of Mexican Cooking | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:00

At the exact same time as the European Renaissance, the Aztec culture produced a unique food tradition that survives to this very day in Mexican cuisine. In this podcast, we’re going to learn about Aztec society, its indigenous foodstuffs, and it’s very distinctive diet.

 1492—Globalization and Fusion Cuisines | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:43

It was actually humanity’s desire for spices and other luxury items that eventually connected the entire globe. In this episode we’re going to investigate the powerful trading empires of the Venetians and Portuguese that secured stable routes to the spice islands.

 16th-Century Manners and Reformation Diets | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:02

In today’s podcast we’re going to examine a fascinating new dynamic in culture that swept across Europe in the 1500s. We’ll see the emergence of cutlery, elaborate tableware, ritualized behavior at the table.

 Papal Rome and the Spanish Golden Age | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:39

In this podcast we’re going to explore the rise of regional and national cuisines in Europe, focusing on Italy and Spain. We’ll read the culinary writings of Bartolomeo Scappi – a brilliant Italian chef who brought together specialty dishes from all over Italy.

 The Birth of French Haute Cuisine | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:53

In the mid-17th century, France assumed a preeminent position in the art of cooking. In today’s podcast we’re going to explore the aesthetics of the newly emerging French Haute cuisine, It’s a way of cooking that is based in subtlety, refinement, and pureness of flavors.

 Elizabethan England, Puritans, Country Food | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:18

English cookery’s unflattering reputation really conceals a rich and varied culinary past. In today’s podcast we’re going to look at the religious and political factors that ended up producing multiple different versions of English gastronomy.

 Dutch Treat—Coffee, Tea, Sugar, Tobacco | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:10

In today's podcast, we'll follow the conquests of the Dutch, the British, and the French, and we'll discuss how the trade in a group of entirely superfluous, edible, luxury items changed the focus of the global economy and the global cuisine.

 African and Aboriginal Cuisines | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:29

In this episode we're going to learn about the distinctive African foodways. These are food ecosystems that predated extensive outside contact. They encompass traditions such as rich stews and “fufu” which is a starch-based porridge.

 Edo, Japan—Samurai Dining and Zen Aesthetics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 35:56

In today's podast, we're travelling all the way to the islands of Japan, where we will contemplate how traditional Japanese reverence for nature is reflected in their respect for the natural flavors of food.

 Colonial Cookery in North America | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 35:14

In today's podcast we're going to contrast the culinary fashions of colonial Virginia which were modeled on the English gentry, with the mercantile, Puritan ethic of New England.

 Eating in the Early Industrial Revolution | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:35

The Industrial Revolution brought far-reaching changes in food production and culture. In this episode, we'll travel to the British Isles and observe how the advent of industrially organized farming, urban labor, and mass production led to the artificial modification of food and a decline in the quality of diet

 Romantics, Vegetarians, Utopians | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:02

In the 19th century, food-conscious social movements reacted against the many ills of industrial society. In today's podcast. we're going to delve into new dietary ideologies that stressed purity and were backed by both quasi-scientific and religious thought.

 First Restaurants, Chefs, and Gastronomy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:37

In today's podcast we're going to learn about the West’s first true restaurants in 18th-century Paris.

 Big Business and the Homogenization of Food | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:41

In today's episode we're going into the underbelly of food production. We'll investigate the process by which late 19th-century food production became a vast industry. And we'll see how technological developments such as freezing, canning, and pasteurization gave large companies increasing amounts of control over food production.

 Food Imperialism around the World | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:41

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, European colonialism expanded across the entire globe as a form of economic empire building, with food production as a primary form of wealth creation.

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