“Why is American cuisine so pervasively sweet?” asked Naomi Duguid three years ago, the last time we sat down for a chat. For those of you who don’t know Naomi…
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Notes and Queries: Cuisines
In the last few weeks as I have been preparing a couple of papers and a presentation, I’ve been thinking a lot about cuisine as a way of understanding the…
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“Visiting Ireland . . . is complex,” said John Mulcahey of Fáilte Ireland (the National Tourist Development Authority) during his paper on food and Irish tourism at the Third Dublin…
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