Five Things I Learned at Texas Foodways

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the annual Texas Foodways conference, this time in San Antonio, a city I can’t wait to explore further.  For…

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Tiny Bubbles 2: The Indian Tradition

A few months ago I posted about what seemed to me a big difference between modern Western cuisines and cuisines in other parts of the world, namely the widespread use…

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Roast Mutton and Fortyfolds

Here’s a lovely description of a small farmer’s meal about a hundred and fifty years ago in north Wiltshire (Southwest England).  It occurs in the novel, Amaryllis at the Fair,…

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