Ruminations on Kitchens
Kitchens seem to be quite the story this year. Well, it has to be said that the modern Western kitchen is a rather odd phenomenon embodying all kinds of contradictory…
Read moreHow Can We Trace the Global Migration of Recipes and Dishes II?
Back to the issue of food on the move. Here are some general observations about the origin and diffusion of dishes. Independent invention versus diffusion The case of North African…
Read moreSlaughtering Pigs in Romania (and Mexico)
By now it’s past but Romania and the European Union were at loggerheads over the Christmas pig. EU rules call for any pig slaughtered on the farm to be stunned…
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