HeyJaredWill's History of Food
Will's History of Food explores how food shapes culture, society and history, from ancient grains to global trade. Each post blends storytelling and research to uncover the meaning behind meals. For curious minds who know food is never just food.
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- Sep 24, 2026
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- Sep 3, 2026
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Red Gold, Tracing Saffron’s 4000 Year Journey from Bronze Age Fields to Global Commodity (opens the original)
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Is Ukrainian Food Worth Discovering? (opens the original)
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Recently I reconnected with an old friend of mine after almost 3 decades, Chef Constantino Passalacqua. We met in the mid 90’s in his hometown of Lerici in Liguria on the Bay of Poets in Italy where I was staying with family. Myself, an aspiring cook who had been steeped in the French regional cooking of the Auvergne and Allier, studying Hotel Management in Switzerland, and Costantino, a cook at his family’s popular Ligurian restaurant in Lerici. We’d spend many evenings in the local bars discus
Coming Soon! (opens the original)
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A slice of History, Black Pudding and Blood Sausage (opens the original)
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