{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e0dcf0c36fdf5a65ebe67ad/602f8ab034cdcb5da838e0ed?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Of Figs and Foie Gras","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e0dcf0c36fdf5a65ebe67ad/1613727886477-bf8f3992e95a4299f5ee0fea762b64ee.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Hello all!</p><p><br></p><p>What fabulous frolics and food fantasies  are we exploring today? Ones made of figs and foie gras!</p><p>Well these two items might seem unrelated to begin with, but there is a very close connection!</p><p>Let's trace the history of figs in Ancient Greece and Rome, and foie gras - a technique for force feeding geese and duck - all the way back to Ancient Egypt, around 2500 BCE. (A controversial food, and technique that even then it was it's critics! We are not unique my friends!)</p><p><br></p><p>Enjoy!</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Credits:</p><p>Thanks to Richard B for the use of his studio, Area18 to record this episode!</p><p><br></p><p>Music by Pavlos Kapralos for more of his amazing music go here: </p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgAonk4-uVhXXjKSF-Nz1A/videos\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgAonk4-uVhXXjKSF-Nz1A/videos</a></p><p><br></p><p>Instrumental music on  the \"Support me\" break at 17min 40sec composed and performed by James R Bryden &amp; Thom Ntinas</p>","author_name":"The Delicious Legacy"}