"During the French Revolution, only 25% of so-called French people spoke French. In the 1860s only 10% of so-called Italians spoke Italians. Nations as we know them today are fairly new.... Meanwhile aristocratic cuisines were fairly globalized; the wealthy were all eating the same things." Anya von Bremzen, author of National Dish https://www.splendidtable.org/episode/2023/08/04/what-is-a-national-dish-with-anya-von-bremzen-and-argentinas-national-drink-mate #nations #nationalism #food #states