Creating and Re-Creating Rice, Maize, and Chicken

We don’t just gather our food. We gather the raw materials and then we turn them into food. The skill and determination that have gone into making food inspire awe.…

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The Future of Food at the James Beard Foundation

Earlier this week I was lucky enough to attend the 2015 Future of Food Conference that the James Beard Foundation puts on in New York.  I was uncertain whether to…

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Food, Health, Wealth and the the Origins of Inequality

Funny how things work out.  Last month, I read Angus Deaton’s book, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality (2013). It was so readable, informative, and relevant…

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