When was the last time you thought about comminution—reducing solid materials to a smaller size—in the kitchen? Perhaps you occasionally cut up a chicken or a large piece of meat.…
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How History Matters to Contemporary Food Debates
That’s the subtitle of a new anthology, Food Fights, edited by Charles C. Ludington and Matthew Morse Booker. The food movement, represented in the media by writers such Eric Schlosser,…
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The use of taste to take the measure of others swung completely out of control on Twitter in the last couple of days. For those of you wise enough not…
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