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pigspigspigs.substack.com· biweekly· Published 2 months ago

A history-focused newsletter exploring the origins and evolution of food taboos, centered on pork prohibitions in ancient Hebrew, Roman and related cultures. Each issue pairs primary-source quotations and art with narrative essays on how a dietary rule became a marker of identity.

pork taboofood historyancient romehebrew biblemaccabean revoltdietary laws