Where Did the English Country House Breakfast Come From?
The country house breakfast was at its height from the mid-nineteenth century to the Second World War, although its roots went back before that. In a house the saize of…
Read moreThinking through Pollan’s Farmer in Chief: The Title
Given the rest of his article, I assume that Pollan intends his presumptive title for the President of the United States–farmer in chief–to contrast with the traditional role of Commander…
Read moreThings that caught my eye
Even at its outset, tipping engendered feelings of anxiety and resentment. In the mid-1800s, after leaving the Bell Inn of Gloucester, the Scottish writer Thomas Carlyle complained: “The dirty scrub…
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