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Hosted by Nick Charlie Key
Strange. True.Deliciously ridiculous.
The fun, bizarre and often completely absurd stories hiding in the history of what we eat.
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A growing collection of short, carefully researched stories, each with a healthy appetite for the absurd.
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History is better when it comes with snacks.
The Fantastic History of Food explores the strange but true stories from history that, in some way, involve food.
Written, hosted and produced by Nick Charlie Key, each episode turns a remarkable piece of food history into a compact story that is entertaining, surprising and easy to devour.
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2019since the first bite
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