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Episode 14: Cheese, part 1. The accidental invention that changed food forever
Who invented cheese?
It turns out...we don't actually know.
In this first episode of a new cheese mini-series, we're traveling back roughly 8,000 years to explore one of humanity's oldest processed foods.
From the first domesticated sheep and goats in the Fertile Crescent to archaeological discoveries in Poland, Ancient Egyptian tombs, Mesopotamian records and the Roman Empire, we trace the fascinating journey of how cheese likely came to be and how it changed human history.
Along the way, we also break down the basic science of cheesemaking, explain how milk becomes cheese and set the stage…
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