Restaurants and White Supremacy

Reflecting on recent events, Tunde Wey, raised in Lagos, Nigeria and now working as a chef and writer in New Orleans, has a piece out that takes as its focus…

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The Science behind Horchata

  I’ve posted a good bit about the huge family of drinks that go under the name horchata. Hence I was delighted when long-term Facebook friend, Stanford Chiou, put me…

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The Game of Thrones, The Store of Grain, and the Fate of Planet Earth

  Not enough food in the castle?  What’s to be done? A friend sent me a link to a mashable discussion of food shortages as threats to whole communities in…

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