Wheat: The Grain at the Center of Civilization
Here’s a link to my global history of wheat over the last 22,000 years. All around the world. And in just 25 minutes. Wheat: The Grain at the Center of…
Read moreThe Pizza Effect
I’d never heard of the pizza effect. That is, until Bob Lucky commented on my Cornish pasty post.* The Cornish pasty’s export to other parts of the world with emigrants,…
Read moreWhat Price Firewood? Oak Apple Day (1 of 3)
Every morning I walk in a bit of woodland near our house in Austin, Texas. Apart from a few splendid oaks, it’s mostly second growth. What astounds me, each and…
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