An English Farmhouse Tea
I’m not given to nostalgia. But once in a while I want some faint taste of the foods of my youth. And in my family, tea was the best of…
Read moreWhat Do We Really Know about the History of the Wok?
Not much. Just enough to know that the standard story has to be revised. My long-time friend and fine scholar and anthropologist, E.N. Anderson, told this story in The Food…
Read moreCulinary Historians’ Groups
Detra Denay Davis had the great good luck to attend the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor for several years. It’s one of the oldest groups in the US, was founded…
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