History WebVideo / TastingHistoryWithMaxMiller

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Discussed in his "Bakewell Tart" video, sponsored by 20th Century Fox for the release of ''Film/TheKingsMan'' which used the trope with Grigori Rasputin and Mata Hari. It's easier both [[LawOfConservationOfDetail in fiction]] and in real life to find a single person to blame for complicated problems, so while the deaths of 50,000 French soldiers in the Nivelle Offensive and subsequent mutinies were due to a lot of factors, the French army pinned it all on Mata Hari and she subsequently became the prototype for the FemmeFataleSpy in fiction despite no hard evidence that she was a DoubleAgent at all.

Compare Creator/BDylanHollis, the ''other'' gay video blogger who primarily posts to Platform/TikTok.

''[[https://www.youtube.com/c/TastingHistory/videos Tasting History with Max Miller]]'' is a Website/YouTube web cooking show made by Max Miller, a UsefulNotes/LosAngeles-based former Creator/{{Disney}} Cruise Line cast member turned marketing creative turned food historian. The show is about Max recreating historical dishes as close to the original recipe as possible (other than using modern cooking tools and appliances). In between cooking, the show has a segment where Max talks about the history related to the featured dish.

* BirthdayEpisode: One of his earliest episodes[[note]]realeased on his 37th birthday[[/note]] has him bake a RoaringTwenties-style birthday cake while discussing the history of birthday cakes and candles.
** More recently, he baked a World War II era carrot cake to celebrate his [[MilestoneCelebration 40th birthday]].
* TheCameo: Every video has at least one Franchise/{{Pokemon}} plushy in the background. Max and Jose are huge fans of the franchise and have a ginormous collection of Pokémon plushies. The plushies often (though not always) fit the theme of the dish (ex: the videos on the Titanic's menu all have different ice types).

* MasochistsMeal

* ThanksgivingEpisode: In the episode where he talks about the first Thanksgiving, Max makes an authentic Wampanoag recipe known as sobaheg[[note]]a venison stew thickened with corn, beans, and squash.[[/note]]

* WrittenByTheWinners: Or rather, Written By People Who [[ShapedLikeItself Write Stuff Down]].

** Discussed in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=oqQzWg9pXmg Spartan black soup]] episode, as the dish had a reputation for being this, with other Greeks declaring that only Spartans could withstand it. Max tried it and decided it was actually fine, even a bit flavorless, with the caveat that this is a "best guess" approximation of it and that it might have had nastier ingredients that have been forgotten by history. On the other hand, similar pigs' blood and vinegar soups are eaten to this day in (at a minimum) Germany (as ''Schwarzsauer'') and the Philippines (as ''dinuguan'', a noted Pinoy ComfortFood). The key difference, if any, with Spartan black broth is that these modern recipes put more seasoning in (''dinuguan'' in particular is noted for being heavily spiced), and of course the austere Laconians would not use spices. But historians think they might have put in some common herbs and onions, and the onions at least are understood to do a lot of the work in making modern black blood soups.

** Discussed in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=oqQzWg9pXmg Spartan black soup]] episode, as the dish had a reputation for being this, with other Greeks declaring that only Spartans could withstand it. Max tried it and decided it was actually fine, even a bit flavorless, with the caveat that this is a "best guess" approximation of it and that it might have had nastier ingredients that had been forgotten by history.

* AuthorAppeal: Besides the kind of fascination with certain historical places/periods common to anyone specializing in [insert here] history (Max has several, chief among them being medieval and early modern England), Max also loves all things Disney;as one might expect from a former Disney Cruise Line cast member-turned-Disney Corporate marketing creative. His focus on Medieval Europe makes him a good resource for visuals and tasting notes on [[UsefulNotes/MedievalFoodInEurope medieval European food]].

He has a second channel with his husband Jose called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1DL3SXDAdrQs2WE4AMD4Sw Ketchup with Max and Jose]]'' where they discuss the recipes and do livestreams.

!!''Tasting History with Max Miller'' provides examples of:

* TheCameo: Every video has at least one Franchise/{{Pokemon}} plushy in the background. Max and Jose are huge fans of the franchise and have a ginormous collection of Pokémon plushies. The plushies often (though not always) fit the theme of the dish.

* HalloweenEpisode: On the day before Halloween 2020, he baked some soul cakes using a recipe from c. 1600 and discussed the connection between soul cakes and modern-day trick-or-treating.

* RunningGag: Every time hardtack (a hard, dry biscuit made for long-term storage) is mentioned, a clip of Max clacking two biscuits together plays.

* SoWasX: In "500 Year-Old Pizza VS Today", he admits that the episode's rosewater-and-sugar flavored flatbread isn't exactly what we would call "pizza" today... but then points out that even modern Chicago-style pizza is a pretty unusual example of "pizza". He also says in the comment section that the origin of pizza is difficult to nail down, since "bread baked with a topping" is almost as old as bread itself.