Lots of disciplines wrestle with understanding the diffusion of ideas, technologies, products and so on. I find browsing the work of archaeologists, economists, historians and others a fruitful source of…
Read moreKitchens seem to be quite the story this year. Well, it has to be said that the modern Western kitchen is a rather odd phenomenon embodying all kinds of contradictory…
Read moreBack to the issue of food on the move. Here are some general observations about the origin and diffusion of dishes. Independent invention versus diffusion The case of North African…
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