Looking at medieval drawings, Paris et al. discover that citron watermelons were more common in Mediterranean Europe in the past than they are presently.
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The Disappearing Watermelons of Europe
How do you see a watermelon that isn’t there? Paris, Daunay and Janick continue their study of the changing crops of Mediterranean Europe with a study of Medieval iconography of watermelons in Mediterranean Europe...
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The scientific origins of the Dictator/Sitcom Character game
There’s a game where your computer will attempt to guess what dictator or sitcom character you’re thinking of. It’s based on a binary tree, where a series of questions about whether you’re...
The fashionably late arrival of cucumbers in Europe #bad11
You might put together a salad from what you’ve grown in your back garden, but it’s a surprisingly cosmopolitan meal. Tomatoes came from Mesoamerica and if you have potato salad, then you have the Incas of South...
