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Jim Meehan’s passion for cocktails has taken him on an almost Odyssean journey. His first book in 2011 shared stories and recipes from the celebrated NYC speakeasy PDT (Please Don’t Tell). “Meehan's Bartender Manual” (2017) came next, a foundational cocktail reference and recipe book with an iconic green cover. His years behind the bar and…
In her latest book, "Spoiled: The Myth of Milk as Superfood," Anne Mendelson deconstructs the history of 'drinking milk' and the myths, scientific developments, and social constructs that have supported the growth of an industry, for better or worse.
"Spoiled: The Myth of Milk as Superfood"
In “Spoiled,” the culinary historian Anne Mendelson takes aim at the American fallacy of fresh milk as a wonder food.
The ancient Greeks believed that our galaxy was created when the goddess Hera spilled some of her milk as she was nursing the baby Hercules. Each drop became a star in what we have ever after appropriately called the Milky Way. Likewise the Egyptians, the Hindus, and the Sumerians assigned milk a central role in their creation stories.