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Chocolate is one of the most popular food items around the world. While most of us today consume it in the form of candy, desserts, and sugary drinks, chocolate has taken many forms as it traveled from its ancient Mesoamerican roots to the 21st century. In the eight lectures of The History of Chocolate, you’ll join author and food historian Sam Bilton to trace the long and winding journey of a food that is so much more than just a sweet treat.

Bean Break is all about finding out who people are and what stories they have to tell, over a cup of coffee (or tea). If you want too hear a good chat with plenty of moments that will make you laugh, cry or maybe even both then Bean Break is for you.

Meg Muckenhoupt begins with a simple question: When did Bostonians start making Boston Baked Beans? Storekeepers in Faneuil Hall and Duck Tour guides may tell you that the Pilgrims learned a recipe for beans with maple syrup and bear fat from Native Americans, but in fact, the recipe for Boston Baked Beans is the result of a conscious effort in the late 19th century to create New England foods. This toothsome volume reveals the effort that went into the creation of these foods and lets us begin to reclaim the culinary heritage of immigrant New England.

Just 2 guys from 2 very different places discussing our views on family,  sports, life and everything in between.  From the coastal plains to the mountain range.

Vanilla is one of the most expensive of flavorings—so valuable that it was smuggled or stolen by pirates in the early days—and yet it is everywhere. It is a key ingredient in dishes ranging from crème brûlée to Japanese purin. It is the quintessential ice cream flavor in the United States. Eric T. Jennings explains how the world's only edible orchid, originally endemic to Central America, became embedded in the international culinary and cultural landscape.

Welcome to Brains & Beans where Conner and Holly Polley share their story of when Conner suffered from a stroke at the age of 25. In this podcast, they will discuss their journey of experiencing something so tragic at such a young age as a young married couple. This podcast will include lots of hardships, but also lots of laughs as well.

True Aussie Murders. Caffeinated. Join your host, Belinda Brady, as she takes a deep dive into some of the most gruesome, brutal, and unbelievable Australian murders over a cup of coffee...or two. Some murders are well known and are etched into Australia’s crime history, others not so much, but each as brutal and real as they come. Coffee not mandatory to listen to this fortnightly true crime podcast, but it certainly helps!WANT TO SUPPORT THIS PODCAST? You can subscribe to the podcast for bonus ghost story eps, or because you are simply feeling kind, or you can buy Belinda a coffee here:...

Join me as we explore the fascinating history of plants and how they impact human behaviour and society. Together, we’ll trace their origins, explore the folklore surrounding them, and unravel their influence on art and history. We will also discuss some interesting medicinal and scientific insights towards the end of the podcast. Tune in now 🎧🌱

Hollywoods Haunted Tours presents Hollywoods Haunted The Podcast, not just a podcast. We delve into the nittiest, grittiest, darkest stories involving Hollywood, Hauntings, Death, or just super creepy interesting things we think you should know! Our hosts are The owners of Hollywoods Haunted Tours, Patrick and Tia Bean as well as star tour guides, Jameson Carbonneau, Teresa O'Hara, and Roxanna Sanchez!

What up bad bitches! From Hollywoods Haunted, The Podcast, we're leaving the stars behind and moving on to a brand new phase! This time we are getting into some things strange, all things odd, and everything weird! Starring Roxana Sanchez, Teresa O'Hara and the creator Tia Bean!

The Second World War ended over 75 years ago, and the number of men and women who lived through it is rapidly dwindling. But its legacy casts a long shadow, and the memories of those who experienced the conflict left both powerful stories and often a complex inheritance behind for their children and grandchildren. In this series, Sean Bean investigates how the trauma of profound wartime experiences - whether spoken or unspoken - can be transferred down through subsequent generations.

Palestine: A Socialist Introduction systematically tackles a number of important aspects of the Palestinian struggle for liberation, contextualizing it in an increasingly polarized world and offering a socialist perspective on how full liberation can be won.

Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become. Albert 'Bert' Jacka was 21 when Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914. Bert soon enlisted in the Australian Imperial...

If you are looking for coffee reviews, this ain't the place. These are the life stories, opinions, and happenings of Fred and Chanell, the founders of Iron Bean Coffee Company. They are as real as it gets. A husband and wife team, taking on the world, trying to run a coffee roasting business, and living a life buried in chaos and work. Yeah, there's coffee...but more importantly, there's a community that Fred and Chanell rely on to get through the dream they are trying to create. The Iron Bean Nation. This is for them!!

“Poignant . . . deeply personal . . . an indelible history of the largely forgotten Jews of Egypt . . . ”—Miami Herald In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years before Gamal Abdel Nasser’s rise to power. With...

When therapist Elizabeth Heaney left her private practice to counsel military service members and their families, she came face-to-face with unheard-of struggles and fears. Emotions run deeply - and often silently - in the hearts of combat veterans in this eye-opening portrait of the complex, nuanced lives of service personnel, who return from battling the enemy and grapple with readjusting to civilian life.

A Brazilian masterpiece, now in English for the first time: a playfully profound chronicle of an urban sophisticate’s misadventures in the Amazon A Penguin Classic “My life’s done a somersault,” wrote Mário de Andrade in a letter, on the verge of taking a leap. After years of dreaming...

The controversy grows with every sale of the best-selling novel. Throughout the contemporary fictional storyline of The Da Vinci Code, author Dan Brown skillfully weaves "historical" assertions intended to shake the very foundations of Christianity. Authors James L. Garlow and Peter Jones present compelling evidence that Brown's assertions are not only historically inaccurate, but may also contain a hidden agenda.

Terry de la Mesa Allen’s mother was the daughter of a Spanish officer, and his father was a career U.S. Army officer. Despite this impressive martial heritage, success in the military seemed unlikely for Allen as he failed out of West Point—twice—ultimately gaining his commission through...