Coming to Terms with the Twinkie
A couple of years ago, the media was abuzz with the news that the venerable American industrial snack cake business, Hostess, might meet its demise, and with it the Twinkie, a…
Read moreImproving the Farm or Practicing Sustainable Agriculture?
I’d been to the Clay estate in Ashland, now part of Lexington, Kentucky, many times before. Its grounds, with their towering trees, make a lovely place to walk. Last week,…
Read moreSlavery, Race, and Whiteness in Mexico
Many readers are interested in Afro-Mexicans, so although this post is not directly about food, I’m going ahead anyway. In the eighteenth century, artists in Mexico (and to a lesser…
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