The fondue pot is found on tables anywhere you travel because it is convenient, adaptable, and delicious. Like most foods, it has an interesting history which only adds to its appeal.-BY John Jacobs

When you read Homer’s Iliad for some light reading beside the fireplace, did you notice there is mention of a mixture of goat cheese, wine, and flour? You may have been reading about the origins of the humble fondue, now one of the world’s most popular dishes gracing tables from elegant occasions to backyard barbecues.

Fondue’s history has a large gap between 800-725 BC to the late 1800s, but when it did officially appear on the food scene in the late 1800s in ....