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The Fantastic History Of Food

The Fantastic History Of Food

Written by: Nick Charlie Key
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Stories of the fun, bizarre and often ridiculous, history of food.

Join me as we explore The Fantastic History of Food.

Contact me on foodhistorypod@gmail.com

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  • Mad Honey & The Poison King (Part 1)

    Mad Honey & The Poison King (Part 1)
    Oct 9 2026
    After surviving months of fighting, starvation and freezing mountain passes, thousands of Greek soldiers finally stumble across something worth celebrating: an enormous supply of free honey.

    And naturally, they start helping themselves, but before long, they're barely able to stand!

    In part one of our mad honey story, we discover how bees around the Black Sea produced this strange substance, before meeting Mithridates, a young prince whose father’s murder left him deeply suspicious of everyone around him as well as his own dinner.

    From an army defeated by it's own lunch to the making of the Poison King, this is a story about honey, paranoia and a rather ambitious attempt to become impossible to kill.

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    29 mins
  • The Titanic's Chief Baker Survived By Getting Drunk

    The Titanic's Chief Baker Survived By Getting Drunk
    Sep 11 2026
    There are probably very few people listening to this podcast who don’t already know at least some of the story of the Titanic.

    But as with all famous stories like this one, there are always miniature sub plots playing out in the background that don’t become quite as famous, but once you hear them add life and color to the story as a whole.

    Today’s story is just one such tale and stars a man name Charles Joughin. He was the ship’s Chief Baker and on the fateful night of April 14, 1912, he found himself less concerned about the quantities of the following mornings sourdough loaves and somewhat more concerned about the water that was rising all around him.

    In today's episode we’ll discover just how Charles saved the lives of many on board the ship that night, chief amongst them, his own.

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    31 mins
  • The Sublime Society of Beefsteaks

    The Sublime Society of Beefsteaks
    Aug 28 2026
    In Georgian Era London, some of Britain’s most powerful men formed an exclusive dining club devoted almost entirely to eating enormous steaks, drinking heavily and celebrating the virtues of beef.

    They took their society so seriously that they even appointed their own bishop and when the Prince of Wales told them that he’d like to join their club, they simply told him they had a strict 24 seat policy, and all 24 seats were already full.

    This is the strange story of The Sublime Society of Beefsteaks.

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    17 mins
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