The Heart of the Kitchen
Ovens and stoves. The heart (and hearth) of any kitchen, ancient or modern. Ovens were small and brick or clay…
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Browsing Category: Food & Drink
How to Make Things Hot
I talk about cooking in How to Eat in Pharaoh Days, but this post is about the fuel. No electricity,…
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Water Everywhere, Except Right Here
I did boatloads (pun intended) of research while writing the first draft of the novel but here and there I…
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The Daily Grind
Once you have dehulled grain, the next step is to grind it. In Ancient Egypt, this would be done by…
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Threshing & Hulling Emmer
Emmer is an old variety of wheat (and a Farro grain) grown extensively in the ancient world, including by Ancient…
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The Sacrifices Between Revelation and Ascension
So do you ever read the Bible and think to yourself, how much blood did Moses throw anyway? No? Maybe…
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The Evening Quail
Before there was manna in the Wilderness of Sin, there was quail. Manna came the morning after they ran out…
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Starving in Sin
The Hebrews leave their lives of slavery, flee Pharaoh’s soldiers, then cross the Red Sea into freedom. After extended stops…
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Manna—What Is It?
There is lots of speculation about the manna that God sent to the Hebrews every morning for 40 years. Was…
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Reflecting in Elim
Our travelers walk from the eastern shore of the Red Sea three days into the desert only to find bitter…
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Plants of Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia
After our travelers cross the Red Sea, they find themselves in what is the northwest corner of modern day Saudi…
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From the Red Sea to Marah
Once our travelers cross the Red Sea and find themselves on the Arabian Peninsula, they watch the Egyptian soldiers drown,…
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Domesticated Animals of the Exodus
The Hebrews had cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, dogs, and birds of various kinds. Whether they graze on grass, shrub, or…
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Egyptian Wheat Porridge
My Hebrew characters in Egypt have porridge for breakfast every day. Why? Because it feels like the right sort of…
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How much bread did an Egyptian slave eat?
And how much flour did it take to make it? Bread is the staple food of the Ancient Egyptians and…
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