6: The war on pasta - history of the pasta ban + more Found Objects - a history podcast

Can you believe there was a time when Mussolini tried to BAN PASTA in ITALY?! Today on Found Objects podcast, we dive into modern food trends, and then instances of crazy, outright food bans - whether they were justified or not. But spoiler: it didn’t matter - people found a way to eat what they wanted to eat regardless of the bans! Pasta, alcohol, absinthe, and milk… all that and more on today’s episode of Found Objects. 
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SOURCES:
https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-should-know-about-prohibition
bigthink.com/the-past/pasta-italy-mussolini/
food52.com/drinks/spirits-liquor/27829-the-history-of-absinthe
www.britannica.com/biography/Filippo-Tommaso-Marinetti
www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-devil-in-a-little-green-bottle-a-history-of-absinthe/
www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/benito-mussolini
www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/03/raw-milk-legalized-states-unpasteruized-disease-risks-public-health/70369454007/
americadomani.com/that-time-mussolini-tried-to-ban-pasta-in-italy/
worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/raw-milk-legal-states
www.britannica.com/art/Futurism
thebeaconbeat.org/2022/12/22/american-food-vs-european-food-why-is-there-such-a-difference/