On My Mind: Grains, Progress, Food Riots, Food Fixes, and More

On My Mind: Grains, Progress, Food Riots, Food Fixes, and More

Grains and Civilization: Good or Bad? A great step forward or not? The agricultural revolution that many of us grew up learning about is being reconsidered. Against the Grain: A…

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On Food, Technological Fixes, and the Breakthrough Dialogue

On Food, Technological Fixes, and the Breakthrough Dialogue

Here’s a rambling post but, yes, I do get to food, and eventually to the Breakthrough Dialogue.   In 1973, I took my first job in the United States at…

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Foodways and Ways of Talking about Food

Foodways and Ways of Talking about Food

If you have any interest in food studies or food history in the United States, you will find the term “foodways” popping up all over the place.  There are books…

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