Wheat, Glorious Wheat: Borlaug100

One of the great things about working on “food” is that it’s such a huge and various subject. This past week I was lucky enough to be one of 700…

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Culinary History Award, International Association of Culinary Professionals

Almost twenty years ago, the phone rang late at night.  “You’ve won,” said my lovely friend Cara De Silva.  “You’ve won the Jane Grigson Prize.”  That my Food of Paradise:…

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Sleuthing Foreign Ingredients in a Colombian Supermarket

It’s always fun when you travel to seek out the traditional foods of a country.  It’s just as intriguing to root around grocery stores and restaurants to see what is…

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