In Memoriam Sidney Mintz
It is no surprise that when the anthropologist Sidney Mintz died on December 26th, obituaries flooded the media. I particularly liked this essay by a former graduate student, Sarah Hill.…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreFruits of the Oven: Pastries
Today I’m posting a piece, “Letter from Mexico: Fruits of the Oven” that I wrote back in 2001 about a visit to a traditional bakery that made frutas de horno (pastries)…
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