Tasting History with Max Miller — Season 2025
About this season
Love Food? Can't get enough of History? Then you've come to the right place. Every Tuesday, Max Miller shows you how to make a different historic dish while exploring the history surrounding it.
Episodes (55)
1. Gout - The Disease of Kings
Aired 7 January 2025 • 20 min
2. Surviving on Tulip Bulbs during World War 2 - Dutch Hunger Winter
Aired 14 January 2025 • 21 min
3. Cheese Gnocchi from Medieval Italy
Aired 21 January 2025 • 19 min
4. The Original Beef Stroganoff of Imperial Russia
Aired 28 January 2025 • 18 min
5. Surviving a Medieval Winter
Aired 4 February 2025 • 19 min
6. Feeding Emperor Augustus Caesar - Handmade Roman Cheese
Aired 11 February 2025 • 23 min
7. Pineapples - The Most Expensive Fruit in History
Aired 18 February 2025 • 23 min
8. The Original Girl Scout Cookie Recipe from 1922
Aired 25 February 2025 • 16 min
9. War Rationing on the Italian Home Front during WWII
Aired 4 March 2025 • 23 min
10. The History of Pancit in the Philippines
Aired 11 March 2025 • 21 min
11. History's Oldest Dessert - 4,000 Year Old Mersu
Aired 18 March 2025 • 24 min
12. The History of Hungarian Goulash
Aired 25 March 2025 • 18 min
13. How To Host An Ancient Roman Dinner
Aired 1 April 2025 • 23 min
14. Ancient Roman Table Manners & Etiquette
Aired 8 April 2025 • 25 min
15. What Medieval Fast Food Restaurants Were Like
Aired 15 April 2025 • 24 min
16. School Cafeteria Sloppy Joe from the 1980s & '90s
Aired 22 April 2025 • 20 min
17. Mulligan "Hobo" Stew from the Great Depression
Aired 29 April 2025 • 21 min
18. Feeding the Papal Conclave
Aired 6 May 2025 • 26 min
19. The Original Kaiserschmarrn of the Austrian Empire
Aired 13 May 2025 • 20 min
20. The Picnic at the Battle of Bull Run
Aired 20 May 2025 • 24 min
21. Biryani from 16th Century India
Aired 27 May 2025 • 23 min
22. Food in the Trenches of World War One
Aired 3 June 2025 • 22 min
23. What did Cowboys Eat on the Open Range?
Aired 10 June 2025 • 25 min
24. What is Spotted Dick?
Aired 17 June 2025 • 20 min
25. How the Rich Ate During the Gilded Age
Aired 24 June 2025 • 23 min
26. Eating aboard a US Submarine during World War 2
Aired 1 July 2025 • 21 min
27. How to Eat Like an Ancient Stoic
Aired 8 July 2025 • 23 min
28. Typhoid Mary's Peach Ice Cream
Aired 15 July 2025 • 24 min
29. The History of SPAM
Aired 22 July 2025 • 25 min
30. Feeding the Great Mongol Khan
Aired 29 July 2025 • 27 min
31. Did People in the Middle Ages Drink Water?
Aired 1 August 2025 • 15 min
32. The Killer Pigs of the Middle Ages
Aired 5 August 2025 • 22 min
33. The “True” Origin of Key Lime Pie: Florida or New York?
Aired 12 August 2025 • 20 min
34. Eating in Japan During World War 2
Aired 19 August 2025 • 27 min
35. Dining at Folsom Prison in 1925: Lamb Curry & Beans
Aired 26 August 2025 • 22 min
36. The Deadly Job of a Victorian Baker
Aired 2 September 2025 • 26 min
37. Austria's Inbred Emperor who Demanded Dumplings - Marillenknödel
Aired 9 September 2025 • 20 min
38. Baking the Original Apple Pie from Medieval England
Aired 16 September 2025 • 22 min
39. This Recipe Took 3 Years... Ninja Kikatsugan
Aired 23 September 2025 • 21 min
40. The Myth of Mooncakes: Did they topple a Chinese Dynasty?
Aired 30 September 2025 • 20 min
41. Caligula - Feeding Rome’s Most Evil Emperor
Aired 7 October 2025 • 26 min
42. Ivan the Terrible - Feeding the Evil Russian Tsar
Aired 14 October 2025 • 27 min
43. Dracula’s Paprika Hendl from Bram Stoker’s 1897 Novel
Aired 21 October 2025 • 22 min
44. Vlad the Impaler - Feeding the Real Dracula - Pheasant with Cherry Sauce
Aired 28 October 2025 • 24 min
45. “Depression Era” Water Pie
Aired 4 November 2025 • 21 min
46. A 375 Year Old French Recipe for Pumpkin Soup
Aired 11 November 2025 • 21 min
47. Indian Pudding - America’s Forgotten Dessert
Aired 18 November 2025 • 21 min
48. How to Eat Like a Medieval Peasant
Aired 25 November 2025 • 22 min
49. Gingerbread for Washington's Army
Aired 2 December 2025 • 23 min
50. Making Real English Toffee from 1881
Aired 5 December 2025 • 19 min
51. What is Turkish Delight? How to make real Ottoman Turkish Delight.
Aired 9 December 2025 • 23 min
52. World War 2 Mincemeat Pie for the Battle of the Bulge
Aired 16 December 2025 • 23 min
53. Chocolate Wine from 1723
Aired 19 December 2025 • 14 min
54. Brewing 3,000 Year-Old Ancient Mesopotamian Beer
Aired 23 December 2025 • 21 min
55. Feeding A Roman Centurion - Pork & Puls
Aired 30 December 2025 • 17 min