Slaughterhouse Problems
We hear so much about the problems of the big US slaughterhouses that it’s easy to forget that small ones are not necessarily ideal either. This November the political leaders…
Read moreKeeping up with Spanish-Language Food Books
The Madrid foodbook store, Aliana Gastronomia, is wonderful for keeping in touch. Here’s their web page. http://www.alianagastronomia.com/ OK there are the usual ditsy cookbooks, but there are also the groundbreaking…
Read moreWhy are Americans Eating Spicier Food?
This question prompted much discussion on Marginal Revolution, the blog run by economists Tyler Cowan and Alex Tabarrok. No one much liked the hypothesis of the study under discussion: that…
Read more