Making Tea

Tea was important when I was growing up in England, and nowhere more so than in my grandparent’s farm house.  You can see it in the photo above taken in…

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Food History How To: Track Global Foods

Foods move,  they’ve always leap frogged, they still leap frog around the world.  Forget these stories about cuisines rooted in the soil, growing organically.  Chances are your favorite ancient dish…

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Thanks to Phil Curtin

Cross cultural trade and world history.  These were phrases that seemed irresistible when I was browsing in the University of Minnesota bookstore many years ago.  I bought the book that,…

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