One of the things a food historians should do, it seems to me, is to offer readers some assessment or judgement of the foods of the past. Yes, yes, I…
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Five Things I Learned at Texas Foodways
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the annual Texas Foodways conference, this time in San Antonio, a city I can’t wait to explore further. For…
Read moreTiny Bubbles 2: The Indian Tradition
A few months ago I posted about what seemed to me a big difference between modern Western cuisines and cuisines in other parts of the world, namely the widespread use…
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