Bread riots. Again. This Time in Ancient Egypt
Time. c.1198-1166 BCE in Egypt. Year 29, second month of winter, day 10. On this day the crew passed the five guard-posts [Medjay guarding the necropolis]. of the tomb saying: “We are…
Read moreBread Riots. Again. This Time the Middle East.
Of the top 20 wheat importers for 2010, almost half are Middle Eastern countries. The list reads like a playbook of toppled and teetering regimes: Egypt (1), Algeria (4), Iraq…
Read moreMexican supermarkets versus US supermarkets
A couple of months in the US has given me lots of time to ponder these differences which reveal so much about the way the two countries actually eat, as…
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