The casein and lactose intolerant among us are unable to comfortably consume cows’ milk. This restriction makes some feel that their cow dairy-free diet is strange. Yet, until very recent historic times it was the milk drinkers who were odd. Prehistory Humans are the only mammals that continue to drink milk into adult life. After…
Food Science and History
Ancient Grains : a history of wheat
Six years ago when my my wife first approached me with the idea that we should stop eating wheat I was incredulous. “But, society was built on grains!” was my response. I thought back to my history lessons of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations as a defense for eating wheat. If it weren’t for the…