Ice age dried up seas and allowed the crossing of continents 

1. 250 years with 

End of Ice age 

1. fire came 

1. Cookbooks have been around 

1. Taste is part of our anatomy - Anatomically implies your taste buds 

1. Gastronomy is 

1. Cuisine

1. Taste, aroma, mouth feel and brain sensory are

1. Recipes are 

1. Food is fundamental

1. Food now 

1. Eating with people 

1. Sautéed garlic and onion, Soy sauce, ginger and garlic, raisin and vinegar are

1. “Flavor combinations” are 

1. It is believed that the world will evolve into 3 cuisines 

1. Cooking and Cuisine are a 

1. Egypt believed to have first

1. Roman “Conviviums” - 

1. Roasting first cooking methods

1. Wheat is at the

1. Authenticity can best be described as 

1. Language 

1. Had fire 

1. Haute Cuisine 

1. Taste is part of our environment - We can adapt over time 

1. Kispu 

1. Salt became

1. Mead 

1. Mesopotamia  means 

1. Agricultural revolution is when

1. Figs, grapes, dates, barley, wheat, sheep, calves, milk, geese, ducks, eggs were 

1. Taste will always take precedent over “correct”/authentic food form or formula

1. Growing wine grapes 

1. The wheel, the plow and sail 

1. Nile is the longest river in the world 

1. India is responsible for 

1. Floodwaters (heavy rains) produce

1. Always wanted bread to rise so the starter was preserved as a precaution; sour dough was born

1. Jews, kosher diet

1. Jews, kosher diet

1. Jews can’t eat dairy and meat at the same time 

1. China Isolated from Mesopotamia and 

1. Most populated country in the world 

1. China, 

1. Soy sauce 1300 years old

1. Cinnamon was the earliest known spices in China- 2700 BC

1. Chinese New Year 

1. India’s location has caused 

1. India 6000 BC 

1. The “sacred cow” in India is sacred because 

1. India’s rice and tea came from 

1. Resulted from India 

1. 2800 BC first 

1. Sugar from sugar cane around 

1. Rice dish with spices and meat – 

1. Hinduism balanced body based on food types – 

1. In Grease the “Holy Trinity” was - 

1. Mediterranean means 

1. Mediterranean produced – 

1. Greek philosophy, later copied by the Romans was - 

1. Drinking wine was sacred;      

1. Crush olives delicately to get various quality grades of olive oil; 

1. Wealthy emerged; 

1. Greeks were slaves to the Romans (as the Romans took the baton away from the Greek Empire) and 

1. Early part of Roman Empire, 

1. At the beginning of the Roman Empire, spice trade became 

1. Spices for 

1. Both words “Guests” and “Hosts” in Latin are termed 

1. Breakfast was before noon; noon= meridiem; ante-meridiem was before; hence AM; and post-meridiem for PM

1. Kosher butchering

1. Garum – 

1. Roman food during their reign -

1. Plebeians –

1. Lower class cuisine - 

1. Learned farming – 

1. Farm Villa’s (for the poor)  

1. Lent was a sacrifice, but also 

1. 380 Ad emperor Theodosius decreed 

1. Traditional Easter meals depending on Geography – 

1. During the 5^th century, Nobles (10% of people) – 

1. During the 5^th century, Serfs (90% of people) – ate oat gruel and other cereals, less processed dark bread, cheese, fruits – cheap easily produced food

1. Mixing of people due to war 

1. Mixing of people due to war creates a food culture. 

1. In the saying: “Feed a Cold Starve a Fever”, the implication is 

1. The term AD means –  

1. Ramadan means - 

1. India’s Hindu’s developed numbers, 

1. In a Muslim society 1200 AD, saffron and turmeric was

1. Sheep and goats milk made 

1. In Muslim cuisine, drinking was forbidden since 

1. In Muslim cuisine, substituted coffee for alcohol; 

1. Arabica beans still the most desired coffee bean today (vs. Robusta beans) but 

1. French invented the infusion of coffee 

1. Coffee replaces rum and now the official drink of 

1. 10^th century champagne 

1. Eastern Roman Empire period - 

1. During the Roman Empire, the Pope declared the communion wafer as literally the body of Christ – 

1. During the 1200’s, Guilds  controlled 

1. Wine production happened in Chianti 

1. Parmesan, gruyere, Emmenthaler cheese can be made from 

1. End of Medieval period, manners developing – 

1. Kings court – 

1. Medieval Meal - 

1. Confits refers to  – 

1. Rice spread throughout China into Japan and Middle East  around 

1. Rice became popular  in northern Europe around 

1. 1/3 of population died in 2 years in Europe due to 

1. Polished white rice for 

1. Much of Japans culture originated in 

1. Treatise on tea was “The Way of  Tea” represented 4 values: 

1. 1300 -1800 temperature had dropped (mini ice age), 

1. Black Plague was 

1. 1/3 - 2/3 farming implies to 

1. During the Renaissance, Medici family was 

1. During the Renaissance period, Roman cooking was