NASA began spaceflights with the idea that astronaut food had to be limited because of fear that weightlessness would cause crumbs and other food fragments to fill the air. That’s […]
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John Glenn’s first space meals crumbled and floated around
The first American to orbit the earth, John Glenn “carried a menu of freeze-dried powders, tubed spaghetti and roast beef, and a variety of foods reduced to bit-sized cubes The […]
Did calorie miscalculation doom Scott at the South Pole in 1912?
Robert Falcon Scott and his party of four others likely starved to death on their return from the South Pole in 1912 because they underestimated their caloric needs and did […]
Feast or Famine: Food and Drink in American Westward Expansion
by Reginald Horsman From the publisher: Feast or Famine is the first comprehensive account of food and drink in the winning of the West, describing the sustenance of successive generations of […]
Food in the Air and Space: The Surprising History of Food and Drink in the Skies
by Richard Foss From the publisher: In the history of cooking, there has been no more challenging environment than those craft in which humans took to the skies. The tale begins […]
Food on Foot: A History of Eating on Trails and in the Wild
by Demet Güzey From the publisher: What did great adventurers eat during their expeditions to the far corners of the world? How did they view the role of food in their […]
Polar Journeys: The Role of Food and Nutrition in Early Exploration
by Robert E. Feeney From the publisher: In this unique book, distinguished biochemist Robert E. Feeney relates the history of polar exploration to the history of the science of nutrition, showing, […]