A Small Cautionary Tale about Cookbooks and Authenticity
When I moved to Mexico in the mid 1990s, I took a series of cooking classes from a very charming and knowledgeable Mexican woman. She started each class by passing…
Read more“Since Time Out of Mind.” Asserting Woodland Rights in an English Village
Every year on May 29th, Oak Apple Day, the people of Great Wishford, a village of about 250 inhabitants in the southern county of Wiltshire in England, reassert their rights…
Read moreAmazing: My Choice of Food in a Medium-Sized American City
Sitting eating really-worth-eating strawberries and cream in my newly-screened in back patio, idly watching two cardinals facing off on the grass, I reflected on how amazed I am by the…
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