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BBC Reports on Why In-Flight Food Tastes Bad

January 15, 2015 by Jason Kessler Leave A Comment

If you’re a regular reader of Fly&Dine, you know that major news outlets love reporting on why food on airplanes doesn’t taste as good as it does on the ground. For those playing at home: low humidity and cabin pressure make things taste differently. That hasn’t stopped the BBC from publishing a massive story on…

The History of Airplane Food

May 3, 2014 by Jason Kessler 3 Comments

We’ve all seen the photographs of air travelers decades ago flying in their finest suits and dresses, but did you know the quality of the food used to match the quality of their outfits? Nowadays, it’s commonplace to criticize the food we’re eating in-flight, but in the early days of aviation, people were more than…