# Tasting Life Twice Author Crystal King's myriad musings on food, history, Italy, social media, tech, books, and culture. Page: Feed: --- ## [Looking Back: 10 Bizarre, Weird Foods of Ancient Rome](https://crystallyn.substack.com/p/looking-back-10-bizarre-weird-foods) _2026-08-27 · Crystal King_ How many would you try? ## [Eleven Tools and Apps for the Language Learner 📖 📺🤳💻](https://crystallyn.substack.com/p/eleven-tools-and-apps-for-the-language) _2026-08-20 · Crystal King_ Practice makes perfect! ## [Looking 40 Years Backward to Henry VIII](https://crystallyn.substack.com/p/looking-40-years-backward-to-henry) _2026-08-13 · Crystal King_ An interview and giveaway with historical fiction author, Margaret George ## [Watching Home Burn](https://crystallyn.substack.com/p/watching-home-burn) _2026-08-05 · Crystal King_ A Personal Account of the Spokane Wildfires ## [Love ❤️ and War 💣 in Napoli](https://crystallyn.substack.com/p/a-glimpse-backward-at-wwii-napoli) _2026-07-30 · Crystal King_ A conversation and book giveaway with author, Diana Giovinazzo ## [I Finished Writing Another Book! 📖🎉 But Will Anyone Even Read It? 🫠](https://crystallyn.substack.com/p/i-finished-writing-another-book-but) _2026-07-23 · Crystal King_ The state of reading in this modern life ## [How Well Do We Know the People We Love♥️?](https://crystallyn.substack.com/p/how-well-do-we-know-the-people-we) _2026-07-16 · Crystal King_ An interview with Kimberly Hensle Lowrance on "What Remains of You" (plus a book giveaway!) ## [It's Really Freaking HOT. ☀️🌡️🔥](https://crystallyn.substack.com/p/its-really-freaking-hot) _2026-07-02 · Crystal King_ Let's flood it all. ## [Mid-Summer 🌞🩴🍉🏖️Compendium of Interestingness](https://crystallyn.substack.com/p/mid-summer-compendium-of-interestingness) _2026-06-25 · Crystal King_ Plus, there are a few more days to win a 21-book haul of new novels for your summer reading! ## [Leading up to the Summer Solstice 🌞](https://crystallyn.substack.com/p/leading-up-to-the-summer-solstice) _2026-06-18 · Crystal King_ Your chance to win TWENTY-ONE new books! ALL of them! Plus 7 Italian things you didn't know about the summer solstice ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/F1L5Z4fC0ejX) _2026-06-18 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [From a Bad Yelp Review to an Impossible City](https://crystallyn.substack.com/p/from-a-bad-yelp-review-to-an-impossible) _2026-06-11 · Crystal King_ A dinner for Save Venice, a Calvino first edition, and the novel it inspired. ## [You're Older Than You've Ever Been](https://crystallyn.substack.com/p/on-cabbage-cardinals-and-the-very) _2026-06-04 · Crystal King_ On Cabbage, and the Very Old Habit of Trading Cures Across the Table