historical diet

Archivist Amy McDonald invited some co-workers to help her re-create cherries jubilee from a university cookbook. But even with a historical paper trail, there were still things they couldn't figure out, like what to do after it starts flaming.

Arts
Books
National

At Duke University, A Bizarre Tour Through American History And Palates

8:15am September 21, 2017

by Cynthia Greenlee

Through the Rubenstein Test Kitchen project, librarians and staff re-create historical recipes from thousands of cookbooks in the collections. Some dishes are culturally telling ... and comical.

This young male, buried at a prehistoric site in Central Sudan, probably munched on the roots of a plant called purple nutsedge.

World News
Science
Health & Safety

This Dirty Little Weed May Have Cleaned Up Ancient Teeth

8:19am August 03, 2014

by Rae Ellen Bichell

Turns out that for 7,000 years, snacking on nutsedge may have helped people avoid tooth decay. But at some point, the root it lost its charm. By the 1970s, it was branded "the world's worst weed."

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