Fri. 01/06 - Food Has Always Been Dangerous

How old is fast food? And to what extent was food actually healthier in the past, before our days of factory farming and artificial preservatives? A deep dive into the pros and cons of convenience food then and now.
Links:

A Plea for Culinary Modernism by Rachel Laudan, 2001 

Thread and replies on the article (Jason Crawford, Twitter)

11/21/23 episode including a brief background on the baguette (Cool Stuff Ride Home) 

01/29/21 episode on the Pompeii snack bar (Cool Stuff Ride Home)

Maintenance Phase 

"You Just Need to Lose Weight": And 19 Other Myths about Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

McDonald's Opens a Tiny Restaurant — and It's Only for Bees (OpenCulture, 2019)
Jackson Bird on Twitter
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