So How Do I Decide What Is or Isn’t a Cuisine?
It’s all very well for me (or anyone else) to wave my hands and say “Local Food is a Cuisine” or “It’s not clear whether the United States had or…
Read moreWhat are regional cuisines? Reflections on Hawaii and other places
“We don’t want generic Mexican cuisine,” friends would often say when they visited us in Mexico. “We want to experience the regional cuisines.” Well, yes, it’s true that there are…
Read moreOn My Mind: Grains, Progress, Food Riots, Food Fixes, and More
Grains and Civilization: Good or Bad? A great step forward or not? The agricultural revolution that many of us grew up learning about is being reconsidered. Against the Grain: A…
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