Fuel, Water, and Pasta

As a historian,  I’ve always been puzzled by the instructions for cooking pasta.  Bring 4 to 6 quarts of water to a rolling boil . . . and so on. …

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A Hawaii Story for the Inauguration: Part II of IV

Where you went to high school was everything in Hawaii.  And sometimes when I decided to walk to the University from our apartment,  I’d reflect on this. Behind my back…

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A Conversation with Don B. about Maize

Don B. lives in a village about ten miles from Guanajuato in the state of Guanajuato in Central Mexico.  He began working the fields at age 8 and still tends…

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