The Anti-Aristocratic Thanksgiving Meal
Here I am with my annual reminder about how unusual American Thanksgiving is as a national meal. As nations were created from the eighteenth century on, all kinds of readily…
Read moreComing to Terms with the Twinkie
A couple of years ago, the media was abuzz with the news that the venerable American industrial snack cake business, Hostess, might meet its demise, and with it the Twinkie, a…
Read moreFood and Back Migration: The Cornish Pasty Plot Thickens
When people move to a new country what changes do they make in their cuisine? And if they move back to their homeland, do they introduce the changed cuisine? Since…
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