Charmingly Unromantic: Measuring Progress in Food
One of the things a food historians should do, it seems to me, is to offer readers some assessment or judgement of the foods of the past. Yes, yes, I…
Read moreFive Things I Learned at Texas Foodways
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the annual Texas Foodways conference, this time in San Antonio, a city I can’t wait to explore further. For…
Read moreRoast Mutton and Fortyfolds
Here’s a lovely description of a small farmer’s meal about a hundred and fifty years ago in north Wiltshire (Southwest England). It occurs in the novel, Amaryllis at the Fair,…
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