Butter Churn Technology: What’s the Breakthrough?
Over at Slate, Farhad Manjoo, their technology columnist, takes on the question of butter technology. My homemade butter was delicious, just about the best butter I’d ever tasted. (I am…
Read moreA Thanksgiving Luau: Celebrating Hawaii’s Annexation 1898
Three years ago, Henry Voigt (who has a wonderful collection of menus that was written up in Gastronomica) sent me scans of this menu for a Thanksgiving luau and asked…
Read moreThe Clay Cooking Pots of Mexico
Just before I left Mexico, I picked up a lovely book, Barro y fuego: El arte de la alfarería en Oaxaca (Clay and Fire: The Art of Pottery in Oaxaca)…
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