Bread and Thread

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Two archaeology-grad/crafter friends discuss food and domestic history... more

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The podcast currently has 50 episodes available.

Bread and Thread episodes:

April 11, 2021 #30 – The Book of the Courtier
A book of manners from 1520s Italy
Why you should taketh thou lady swimming, buy those nice garters, and avoid leather tank tops outside of Lombardy
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54min
March 28, 2021 #29 – Eating Chocolate
How we got chocolate bars, and a cake not named after a pretender to the throne
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43min
March 14, 2021 #28 – Hot Cocoa
What do Mother's Day (today in the UK) and Easter have in common? Chocolate!
Learn who vowed never to drink the stuff, and who made a chocolate...apple?
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52min
February 28, 2021 #27 – Tyrian Purple
How a colour almost extincted (is that a word?) a species, and the world's best cheese on toast
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48min
February 14, 2021 #26 – Tea
How did Britain become a nation of tea-drinkers? Why is there a statue of a cuttlefish in Setúbal, Portugal?
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43min
January 31, 2021 #25 – Therese de Dillmont's Encyclopedia of Needlework
An 1880s embroidery idol
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44min
January 17, 2021 #24 – Tin Openers
Discover what Hazel will do for soup, and the origin of sloe gin
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48min
January 03, 2021 #23 – Christmas Pudding
What exactly is a pudding? And what exactly is Irn-Bru?
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55min
December 20, 2020 #22 – Forks
Discover which actual real life saint was anti-fork. Also, eels!
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36min
December 06, 2020 #21 – Arsenic Dye
Our special guest Cate talks about deadly dyes, and Liz reveals the controversial nature of fish 'n' chips
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50min

FAQs about Bread and Thread:

How many episodes does Bread and Thread have?

The podcast currently has 50 episodes available.