Spinning, Grinding, and Social Change
I’ve long thought that I should read more about the history of clothing. It parallels the history of food in so many ways. The raw materials for cloth (flax, cotton,…
Read moreCooking. What’s Involved and What That Means
I continue with the exploration of cooking as all the operations humans use to turn raw materials into something edible, digestible, and nutritious (while realizing some of my readers may…
Read moreCooking. What is It?
We are bombarded with information about how to cook and with exhortations to cook. But what is cooking? It’s a question that I have considered from time to time over…
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