The Not-So Humble Loaf: An Interview with Aaron Bobrow-Strain
A couple of years ago I heard Aaron Bobrow-Strain give a fascinating talk at the University of California, Davis about American white bread in the Cold War. When I was…
Read moreWilliam Rubel on Bread
Primitive tools do not need to imply primitive results. exquisitely carved objects and elegant painting by societies tens of thousands of years before the invention of grain agriculture attest to…
Read moreWhy White Bread and Maize Were/Are Preferred (Again)
Lockwood Kipling, Rudyard’s father and head art teacher at the Sir Jamsetje Jeejeboy College of Art in Bombay, founded by the epynonymous Indian benefactor, reflects on the Indian peasant diet.…
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