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Aug 30 Blog

Tasting the Past

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Using seeds dating back to the time of the Great Jewish Revolt (66–70 C.E.), researchers from the Arava Institutute for Environmental Studies in Israel planted an experimental date grove at a nearby kibbutz in 2005. The grove began bearing fruit last year, producing a variety of date not tasted for millennia.

Aug 5 Blog

BAR Test Kitchen: Babylonian Unwinding Stew

By: Jennifer Drummond

There’s nothing better than a steaming hot bowl of soup on a chilly fall day. While the residents of ancient Mesopotamia did not experience cold […]

Apr 14 eBook

Recipes from the BAR Test Kitchen

By: Jonathan Laden

Here at BAS, one of our favorite ways to familiarize ourselves with a foreign culture is to sample its cuisine. Not only do you learn […]

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