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How Food Built Brains, Empires, and Personalities

Can a recipe tell a thousand-year story? In this episode of The Gentle Inquiry, we explore how the food on our tables serves as a living bridge between history, health, and global culture.

We journey from the rugged diets of the Stone Age through the evolving social classes of Britain, uncovering how nutrition and status have shifted over centuries. Shifting from the historical to the global, we also dive into the Global Table Adventure—a culinary mission to bridge cultural gaps and transform picky eating into global exploration, one country at a time.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

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