Courtesy of mefi, some of you may find this attached food timeline of interest—from salt to Flutie Flakes, some of the clickable recipes are great....particulary from ancient Rome .... or check out Jefferson’s Pasta...

Just got hipped to the site linked below. It’s very cool and packed with a lot of information. Seems like a good historical resource for the food obsessed. Link: http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html

Here’s a great site I just discovered (thanks to refdesk.com) that gives you the history of when and how different foods first came into being. Ciao. Link: http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html

Seeing a play at the Timeline Theater on Friday...it’s basically at Halsted and Wellington (just a bit east of Halsted actually). Looking for a recommendation in any price range, but must have excellent tasting food. A good...

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