Global Migration of Dishes and Recipes III

Lots of disciplines wrestle with understanding the diffusion of ideas, technologies, products and so on. I find browsing the work of archaeologists, economists, historians and others a fruitful source of…

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Cloned Steak Anyone?

So after years of debate, it looks as if the US Food and Drug Administration is about the approve the meat and milk of cloned animals as safe.  It will…

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All publicity is good, right?

Well, this is not normally a blog about personal matters. But this is to apologize to those of you I have left unanswered. I’ve been excited about going to New…

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