Author Info: Sam Mellins (Patreon)

Sam Mellins is a student and writer from New York, now living in Chicago. He is on an ongoing quest to determine what the best bean and fish are, and thinks the answers are probably fava and whale shark, respectively.

You can read other writings of his at https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/modern-foods-medieval-origins/ and https://ucpr.blog/2019/11/22/christianity-becomes-philosophical-the-apologists/ and see a prime example of a whale shark at https://twitter.com/whalesharkrocky/status/1085520629099626498.