The Feast presents delectable stories from the dining tables of history. Our stories immerse you in the sights, sounds, & tastes of a meal from the past. Make bread with medieval monks; share a martini with Churchill. Find out what wars were won & which kingdoms were lost, all for the sake of a good meal. Email suggestions for episodes to thefeast@thefeastpodcast.org
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 19 hours 23 minutes
Dining with the Dead in Imperial Rome
Image via Flickr/Chris (CC BY-ND 2.0) We’re back with a whole...
How King Midas Lost His Dinner
Situla found at the Gordion tomb, circa 700 BCE. Photo courtesy of Carole Raddato/Flickr ...
War Cake & Emergency Steak
Grab your ration books, The Feast is heading back to 1945! Find out how the US and Canada got patriotic with its cooking during World War II. This week we'll see how both radio and radar...
The Thousand Dollar Dinner
Parkinson's Ice Cream Shop, courtesy of the Historical Society of Philadelphia Dog days of...
A Sour & Salty Trip to Byzantium
What does ketchup have to do with medieval politics? Find out this week, when we travel back to 10th century Constantinople to dine at the emperor’s table. We’ll follow in the footsteps of a...
Down with Pasta! Italian Futurist Cuisine in the 1930s
Can you imagine Italian food without pasta? This week, we journey back to the 1920s & 1930s when an artistic movement declared war on noodles, one of the most beloved Italian culinary traditions...
A Victorian Dinosaur Dinner
Illustrated London News, January 7 1854, Add MS 50150, f. 225 Ever dream of dining with a T.Rex? Join us for a New Year's Eve dinner in...
Episode 4: How Do You Solve a Problem like Christina? Papal Banquets in 1655
Queen Christina & Pope Clement IX; Drawing by P.P. Sevin Deposed queens, papal politics, sugar sculptures, & Bernini- a combination that could only...
Episode 3: The Medieval Michelin Guide: Finding Food on the Camino de Santiago, 1490
Where can a medieval pilgrim expect to find a good meal on the Camino de Santiago? Learn how to survive your pilgrimage with Roman tips on how to make your bread last longer as well as where to...
Episode 2: The St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, 1846
Image courtesy of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper via the Louisiana State...