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Jessica Gingrich

Jessica Gingrich is a freelance writer and researcher focused on the intersection of food, gender, culture and history.

Stories By Jessica Gingrich

Food Fads Have Always Been Ridiculous. Just Ask the Great Masticator.

Horace Fletcher preached the gospel of fanatically chewing food until it completely dissolved in the mouth. Even celebs like Upton Sinclair and Franz Kafka drank the Kool-Aid.