Which Word? Please Help Me!

I want a general word to cover what you need for dining in any given culture.  So this might be chopsticks, bowls and stools in certain periods of Chinese history,…

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Thinking about Building a Bread Oven?

I must admit I have.  It’s rather replaced the Viking range, it seems, as a symbol that you are really serious about cooking.  But I’m not going to write about…

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UC Davis and The Splendid Table

I’m off in a moment to a conference on food history at UC Davis which promises to be very interesting.  It  brings together food historians, many young and up and…

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