Bone Thugs
April, 2015
A BRIEF HISTORY OF BONE BROTH'S MILLENNIA-LONG ROAD TO BECOMING THE HOT NEW THING IN FOOD • The cleverest Neanderthals figure out that boiling animal bones extracts the dietary fat crucial to the survival of the nascent human race. • Pho noodle soup is invented in northern Vietnam. The foundation of the dish is long-simmered bits of bone, tendon and marrow. • French food philosopher Auguste Escoffier touts the culinary importance of a good broth: < n i ¦J "Indeed, stock is everything...
