Islamic Agronomy in Mexico
Jeremy Cherfas over at Agrobiodiversity mentioned that I thought there were traces of the agricultural techniques of Medieval Islam in Mexico (and presumably the rest of Latin America). I don’t…
Read moreHow Medieval Islam Transformed Farming (and Food)
Now here’s a terrific resource, a really reliable site dedicated to medieval Arabic manuals on farming produced all over the medieval Islamic world (see map above) . …
Read moreCulinary Heritage: Hawaii Make It Pay
As I thought about it, I decided to make this a separate post. In Hawaii, the question of native Hawaiian heritage has expanded from maintaining taro cultivation, the big topic…
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