Culinary Philosophy: Pretentious or What?
I use the phrase “culinary philosophy” quite a bit, both in my book, Cuisine and Empire, and when I am giving talks. A month or so ago, a fellow food…
Read morePuzzles about the family farm
On his blog Applied Mythology, Steve Savage has a nice post on farmers in the US and Canada, with graphs showing how their numbers have dwindled and how efficient they…
Read moreTwo Reasons Why I am Interested in What King Kalakaua of Hawaii Ate
You might well ask why, apart from nostalgia for the ten years that I spent in the Hawaiian Islands, I might be interested in the eating habits of David Kalakaua,…
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