Why are Americans Eating Spicier Food?
This question prompted much discussion on Marginal Revolution, the blog run by economists Tyler Cowan and Alex Tabarrok. No one much liked the hypothesis of the study under discussion: that…
Read moreTeriyaki Shops in Seattle
Where did these storefront restaurants with the $7 meals of some kind of teriyaki or sesame chicken, yakisoba or California rolls come from? What the relation with the Hawaii plate…
Read moreBooks that Shed Light: Eaton on Islam in Bengal
In thinking about Islamic culinary traditions in India, one of the books I’ve found most useful is Richard Eaton’s The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier 1204-1760 (University of…
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