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How healthy Jewish cuisine landed on the Pope's plate in the 16th Century

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (176+ words) Even as the Church persecuted them, the pope's head chef discovered that Jews ate better. From olive oil instead of lard to fondness of artichokes, the ghetto's 'medicinal cuisine' found its way to his influential book and eventually the pinnacle…...