http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/05/when-food-changed-history-louis-pasteur/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Sat, 18 May 2013 18:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/05/when-food-changed-history-louis-pasteur/comment-page-1/#comment-1595 How Alcohol Changed the World | Gunaxin Beer Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:10:19 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=1837#comment-1595 [...] Around then, famed French scientist Louis Pasteur was called in by local alcohol producers because their sweet Forget’all Juice was turning out hella-weak and no one wanted to be sober and French during that period, making it a very serious problem. By examining the alcohol’s fermentation process, looking for a solution, Pasteur discovered the roadie-like bacteria working hard behind the scenes of booze production and formulated one of the first comprehensive germ theories in the world. [...] [...] Around then, famed French scientist Louis Pasteur was called in by local alcohol producers because their sweet Forget’all Juice was turning out hella-weak and no one wanted to be sober and French during that period, making it a very serious problem. By examining the alcohol’s fermentation process, looking for a solution, Pasteur discovered the roadie-like bacteria working hard behind the scenes of booze production and formulated one of the first comprehensive germ theories in the world. [...]

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/05/when-food-changed-history-louis-pasteur/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Yogurt Pioneer Dies at 103 | Food & Think Tue, 26 May 2009 14:10:33 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=1837#comment-602 [...] started making yogurt in 1919 using cultures developed at the Pasteur Institute, and sold it as a health aid through pharmacies. He named the product Danone, for the diminutive [...] [...] started making yogurt in 1919 using cultures developed at the Pasteur Institute, and sold it as a health aid through pharmacies. He named the product Danone, for the diminutive [...]

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