Tasting History with Max Miller Season 2026, Episode 14: How to Eat Like Benjamin Franklin

1

Beef Bourguignon for the French Peasants from 1885

17 min

2

The Pastry War - When France invaded Mexico over pastry

19 min

3

Eating Like a Victorian Workhouse Inmate - Scouse & Suet Dumplings

27 min

4

Did This Meal Kill Mozart?

22 min

5

Cooking Kangaroo on the World War 2 Australian Home Front

21 min

6

The History of Gumbo in New Orleans

26 min

7

What Did the Builders of Stonehenge Eat?

22 min

8

Nikola Tesla's Weird Eating Habits

29 min

9

Hatshepsut - The Pharaoh they tried to Erase from History

23 min

10

Making Shepherd’s Pie from an 1894 Recipe - Beef or Lamb?

23 min

11

Hardtack Hash from Steerage on a Victorian Ocean Liner

22 min

12

The Brutal Life of a Medieval Butcher

23 min

13

Making 200-Year-Old Mayonnaise - How has it changed?

20 min

14

How to Eat Like Benjamin Franklin

22 min

15

Dining on the Supersonic Concorde

27 min

16

Why is it called Welsh Rabbit (Rarebit)?

23 min

17

The Oldest Recipe in History - Hammurabi's Kanasu Stew

22 min

18

Feeding the Last Tsar of Russia - Pelmeni for Nicholas II

29 min