Thinking about the Land 2: A Perfect Summer Evening
In my earlier post, I said that I wanted to give the farmers’ perspective on the mid-twentieth century British movement now seen as the origin of organic farming. Now I…
Read moreYes, Cheese Was Made 7,200 Years Ago. What Really Matters, Though, Is How Food Processing Brought About Wider Changes in Human Life
Discovering that something–cheese, in this case–goes back further than we thought is always a headline grabber. Ancient cheese has been all over the popular science headlines for the past few…
Read moreWhat’s the True History of Pizza? Consider Argentina
Yes, the title of this post does verge on clickbait. In the popular imagination and in a large number of articles and books, the history of pizza is located firmly…
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