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FAST FOOD DA ANTIGUIDADE: A IMPRESSIONANTE DESCOBERTA FEITA EM POMPEIA
Relembre o achado revelado em uma escavação arqueológica na famosa cidade destruída pela erupção do Monte VesúvioAs constantes escavações feitas em Pompeia, cidade italiana sufocada pela forte erupção...
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SAUSAGES
Sausage has been a highly prized meat product throughout much of mankind’s history and is one of the oldest known forms of processed food. The history of sausage production extends back to the ancient...
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A HISTÓRIA DO "COPO AMERICANO"
No último dia 20 de outubro uma das maiores tradições do nosso país comemorou 70 anos de vida. Trata-se do famosíssimo copo desenhado por Nadir Figueiredo, o “copo americano”, ideia nascida na cidade...
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13 FATOS FASCINANTES E MALUCOS SOBRE OS ANTIGOS ROMANOS
1 – Sabia que os antigos romanos costumavam usar uma esponjinha presa à extremidade de um cabo de madeira para se higienizar após o “número 2” — e compartilhar essa engenhoca com todo mundo? Eca...2 –...
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DRINKING YOUR WAY TO BETTER HEALTH
Welcome to a healthier life through juicing and smoothies! With this book, you can regain your natural energy or life force by eating and especially by drinking to be well. Energy is the basic force...
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MULHERES, MITOS E DEUSAS - AS ORIGENS
NixLonge de ser perfeito, como nas passagens que lemos no Gênesis, o princípio criador entre os gregos não proveio de uma ideia de eternidade nem do sopro vital de um deus todo-poderoso que extrai a...
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101 CANÇÕES QUE TOCARAM O BRASIL - DESAFINADO
Desafinado (Tom Jobim e Newton Mendonça 1959)Em “Desafinado”, parceria com Newton Mendonça, Tom Jobim fez uma canção-manifesto, sintetizando as inovações estéticas da bossa novaEsta canção-manifesto da...
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O MELANCÓLICO FIM DE UM GENERAL INGÊNUO
Castello assistia a televisãoNaquele tempo, para completar o salário pago por O Globo, eu tinha mais duas atividades: participava de um programa de entrevistas políticas na TV-Rio e colaborava com uma...
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ROMAN TRADERS AND SETTLERS
‘Poor men of humble birth sail across the seas to shores they have never seen before, where they find themselves among strangers, and cannot always have with them acquaintances to vouch for them. Yet...
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NIKOLA TESLA'S WEIRD OBSESSION WITH PIGEONS
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American engineer and physicist known for his groundbreaking work in electric power. He is considered a genius, with numerous patents to his name, but he had an eccentric...
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AS COMIDAS MAIS CARAS DO MUNDO
Vendo esses preços exorbitantes, é impossível não se perguntar se as pessoas que compram estes produtos os consomem como uma forma de atrair a atenção, ou porque eles realmente têm gosto e qualidade...
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DIPPING INTO HONEY'S HISTORY AND ITS IMPORTANCE TODAY
The history of honey predates record keeping. But there are clues and documents that validate the significant role this remarkable and treasured food has played since the early days of life on earth....
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POSTURE OF THE ROMANS
The human body itself was a form of non-verbal communication throughout the Roman world, and posture – the way people sat, leaned, stood or reclined – was one of the chief ways of distinguishing...
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THE PLEASURES OF MARRIAGE
Michel FoucaultThis definition of marriage as a relationship that is as exclusive as possible regarding the practice of the aphrodisia raises (or could raise) a number of questions pertaining to the...
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CLOTHING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
In the Middle Ages, clothing designated status. Because people had no way of knowing who strangers were, they felt it was important to be able to identify others on sight. That way, everyone knew the...
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ANCIENT BEGINNINGS OF THE MEDICI FAMILY
Cosimo de MediciThe Medici family is said to have been descended from a knight called Averardo, who fought for Charlemagne during his conquest of Lombardy in the eighth century. According to Medici...
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ANCIENT ISRAEL - HISTORY AND LANGUAGE
The Bible comes to us from the world of the eastern Mediterranean. Much of what Christians call the Old Testament was written in what is now Israel/Palestine, the majority probably in Jerusalem. Some...
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QUEM DEFENDEU A EUGENIA?
A eugenia foi uma doutrina fundada em 1883 pelo primo de Darwin, Francis Galton (1822-1911). Tinha como objetivo aperfeiçoar a raça (leia-se raça superior) encorajando a reprodução dos indivíduos mais...
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WHY DRAGONS DOMINATED THE LANDSCAPE OF MEDIEVAL MONSTERS
The mythical beasts were often cast as agents of the devil or demons in disguiseThe dragon resting on its golden hoard. The gallant knight charging to rescue the maiden from the scaly beast. These are...
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O FRIO CALOR DA FERMENTAÇÃO - FERMENTO VEGETAL
“Deus fez o fermento, assim como a massa, e ama a fermentação tão ternamente quanto ama a vegetação.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson“O gosto pela deterioração parcial das coisas pode se tornar uma paixão, a...
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