Inventing the Restaurant: From Bone Broth to Michelin

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Science, Food, History, Arts

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Early humans may have visited each others’ caves for a shared meal, but they wouldn’t have expected to be served at their own table, or to choose when and what to eat. But today, restaurants are ubiquitous: there are millions of them worldwide, and the average American eats roughly 200 meals a year in one. So who invented the first restaurant, and when and where did it appear? How did it change society—and change along with society? And, in today’s saturated market, is there a scientific way to choose the best? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	We, with our eyes and our mouths, obviously, but also our brains.
0:06.4	NUME can help you learn more about that psychological component to healthy eating.
0:10.6	NUME uses science and personalization so you can manage your weight for the long term.
0:15.2	Start taking control of your weight management and join the millions who have lost weight
0:18.6	with NUME.
0:19.8	You can sign up for your trial today at num.com.
0:22.6	That's n-o-o-m dot com.
0:25.1	Sign up for your trial today.
0:27.1	On July 21st, the cinematic experience of the summer arrives.
0:33.9	Written indirected by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an epic thriller about the man who
0:38.0	risked destroying the world for the one chance to save it.
0:41.7	Featuring an incredible cast, including Robert Downey Jr., Emily Bluntz, Oscar winner's
0:45.7	Matt Damon and Kenneth Brandock, Oscar nominee Florence Pugh, and Killing Murphy at J.
0:50.8	Robert Oppenheimer.
0:52.8	Being theaters July 21st, rated R.
1:03.8	These are some of my happy sounds.
1:05.4	This episode we're taking you to one of our favorite places.
1:08.3	The restaurants come dying with me as they say on Channel 4.
1:14.4	Niki, nobody outside of the UK knows what that show is.
1:16.8	Missing out.
1:17.8	But anyway, we are indeed dining out this episode.
1:21.4	And you know, restaurants are just one of those things they seem like they've been around
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.