by user Fredcai In an effort to beef up this site's number of articles, I present an essay I wrote a year or so ago in junior honor's english. Its not long at all, but it was fun to write. Chicken stew has been a staple of the diet and ambrosia to the tongue for centuries. Because of this, it is truly a great distinguishing title that Athens, Alabama has, the Chicken Stew Capital of the World. As well known as this fact is, few are aware that chicken stew is directly due to the effects of the mammoth and the printing press. Without these two crucial objects in history, Athens would have never become the world renowned city it is today.