stackyFACTSThe original food bloggers didn't use massive paragraphs about their summer vacations; they used a chisel.
The original food bloggers didn't use massive paragraphs about their summer vacations; they used a chisel. The oldest known collection of recipes dates back to ancient Mesopotamia around 1700 BC. Written in cuneiform on heavy clay tablets, the 'Yale Culinary Tablets' detail how to make meat stews and pigeon broths. If you messed up the recipe, you couldn't just throw the cookbook away; you could literally beat someone over the head with it.
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