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The Great Milk Mix-Up

Produced by Narrative Lab · Idea by Roxy

In California, community-food librarian Mara Ellis plans a historical tasting to prove that almond milk is more than a fad. But as guests bring different protein needs, allergies, budgets, and environmental concerns, Mara must turn a contest into a useful guide. Across the centuries, a late-fourteenth-century kitchen worker named Alis Fletcher faces the costly labor of making almond milk for a fasting dish, forcing Mara to see that no ingredient is a universal answer—and that skill, context, and honest labels matter.

3 chapters · ≈ 2,665 words · ≈ 12 min read