Here are some more Youtube Channels that combine two of my passions: food and history. Check them out!
Townsends is a Youtube Channel dedicated to exploring the culture of the 18th century. There are hundreds of videos about 18th century living, cooking, clothing and more. Several of the Townsends videos feature my favorite culinary historian, Michael Twitty, the author of The Cooking Gene. ( https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson/featured )
The Victorian Way is a channel produced by English Heritage, and, of course, it features food and recipes of the Victorian upper class. ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx2QMoA1Th9deXXbo7htq21CUPqEPPGuc ) Here's the video for making squab pie.
Mental Floss has a Youtube channel about food history, so you won't get recipes, but you will get entertaining stories about your favorite foods and how they came to be. ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYT7t0pcxEINn7R0XjGy3aj4cuLj8bn9U ) Want to know how ketchup and mustard originated? Here you go:
Finally, there are the Supersizers. There are two British Supersizers series, one called Supersizers Go and one called Supersizers Eat. You might have to search Youtube a bit, for those titles. Here is one channel that has many of the episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOE0VP0EZ0M&list=PLBD975732056866C4 . In both series, restaurant critic and comedian and TV presenter, Sue Perkins, focus on a different historic period in each episode. They have roles to play and live the life of that period over the course of a week. They eat, they drink, they entertain, they exercise, they learn hobbies of the period, etc. Every show is super entertaining and educational. I used a lot of the videos in my AP European History class because they cover daily life so well. Here's part 1 f the Wartime episode (On youtube, you might find episodes whole or divided into 6 or so segments.):
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