On today’s episode of A Time And A Plate, we go back to 1491, and sip chocolate on the  throne of Moctezuma just before the horizon to the east blackens with Spanish galleons. The world was about to change once again, and become larger than ever imagined. 
Later in the episode we’re joined by Jonathan Grahm, an LA chocolatier and friend of mine, to talk chocolate in this century — which is quite different!

On today’s episode of A Time And A Plate, we go back to 1491, and sip chocolate on the throne of Moctezuma just before the horizon to the east blackens with Spanish galleons. The world was about to change once again, and become larger than ever imagined. Later in the episode we’re joined by Jonathan Grahm, an LA chocolatier and friend of mine, to talk chocolate in this century — which is quite different!

Episode 5: Chocolate

It might seem impossible to believe that we have a lot in common with a peasant toiling in a medieval field at the turn of the second millennium, or a Venetian pirate as plague rampages through your city’s canals, or a young girl on trial for witchcraft, or a chef who cooked for princes and kings. But here’s the thing, everyone has to eat, and that primal need has been one of the major forces in world history since we gathered around the promethean fire. That’s what we’re exploring in this season’s podcast - how food has shaped who we have become. Super casual, right? One thousand years of history, explored plate first.

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