Auguste "Cordon Bleu" Pampaloni

— How Pope Leo X’s Hankering for Truffles Unleashed a Menagerie of Unholy—But Supposedly Delectable—Horrors on Renaissance Europe —

— The Benedictine Option Apparently Involved a Pan-European Bathtub Gin Syndicate. Who Knew? —

🎙 On the Phonograph

— How a Tang Dynasty Chef’s Quest for Umami Accidentally Blew Up an Empire —

— How a Roman Leader’s Love for Fermented Gut-Slurry Birthed the Perfume Industry —