Jump Right In: A New Tool for Historical Research Using Cookbooks
On July 10 of this year 2020, a huge, open-access editable cook book data base—The Sifter–went on line. Half a century and more than half a lifetime has passed…
Read moreNotes and Queries: Dishwasher (Human), Anglo-Saxon Spelt, Shave Ice, Plantain Recipes, Cricket Flour, and San Pascual.
Local, dishwasher, anger, containers, hands and more essays by Peter Hertzmann. Fresh ideas, tight writing, three cheers and more. Enjoy the rest of his site too. When the Romans…
Read moreKrugman on English food (3). Industrialization
So now from urbanization to industrialization, the second of the two culprits that Paul Krugman fingers for the awfulness of English food. 1. Perhaps Krugman means that the British industrial…
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