Have you ever wondered how the human race has survived this
long? Well, I have. It’s amazing what we take for
granted today. Take communication for
example. Before cell phones, we had land
lines – Touch-Tone® (push-button) phones, and before them, rotary phones. Before electrical devices, there was the
telegraph. Before the telegraph, there
was the acoustic string telephone (remember tying two cans together with a
piece of string, that was actually invented and used in 1667!)[1] Before any of that, there were couriers and
messengers.
Before there were supermarkets to buy food, department
stores to buy clothing and furniture, or high rise building, people clothed and
fed themselves, and created dwellings to live in. To understand where we are,
it is important to realize how far we’ve come.In Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin’s work “The Physiology
of Taste”, published in 1825, he
states – “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.",
and nothing is more true. From the
Hunter-Gatherers of our pre-historic brethren, to Molecular Gastronomy, Post Modernist Cuisine, and
beyond, one thing is certain – what and how we eat help define who we are.
My goal with A Bite in Time is to take you on a wonderful adventure through time and food.
