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Culinary Philosophy: Pretentious or What?

By Rachel Laudan October 26, 2016 Food History 13 Comments
Culinary Philosophy: Pretentious or What?

I use the phrase “culinary philosophy” quite a bit, both in my book, Cuisine and Empire, and when I am giving talks. A month or so ago, a fellow food…

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In Memoriam Sidney Mintz

By Rachel Laudan January 1, 2016 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History 7 Comments

It is no surprise that when the anthropologist Sidney Mintz died on December 26th, obituaries flooded the media.  I particularly liked this essay by a former graduate student, Sarah Hill.…

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