170: Dr Ken Albala - Food, A Cultural Culinary History

The Evolved Man w/Steve Cutler

There is no such thing as a "Paleo diet"

As humans we have eaten a variety of foods throughout history. WHAT we have eaten and WHY we eat it has changed dramatically throughout time.

In episode 170 the foremost researcher in food history Dr Ken Albala joins Steve to discuss what our ancestors ate, why they ate what they did and, what we can learn from it.

Dr Albala has written/edited 27 books on the history of food and cooking and has recorded 4 video/audio series on the subject including

• Food: A Cultural Culinary History, The Great Courses/Wondrium, 2013
• Cooking Across The Ages, The Great Courses/Wondrium, 2019
• Bourbon: A History, The Great Courses and Audible, 2020
• History of the Pomegrante, In progress 2021

Dr Albala is a professor of history at The University of The Pacific.

Listen to episode 170 of The Evolved Man today!