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HistoryExtra podcast · 2026-11-12 · 10 min · 1,934 words

Preview: Toast – a surprising slice of history

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Hungry for seconds? Well, History's Greatest Dishes from History Extra is back for series two. To join us as we serve up stories of some remarkable delicacies from the past, search History's Greatest Dishes and follow the feed wherever you get your podcasts. Today we've got a little taste of something different for you. An excerpt from the new series of our podcast. History's greatest dishes.

in which Emily Briffitt and food historian Annie Gray serve a fresh helping of food history. Across the series, they'll took into a menu spanning dumplings and jerk chicken, Custard tea. And mince pies. But in this first episode

They begin with perhaps the most Perfect dish of all. Toast. To listen to the rest of this episode and the whole series, then search for History's greatest dishes wherever you listen to podcasts. And there's also a link in the episode description.

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