“As for [the child’s] diet, it ought to be very plain and simple,” said the philosopher and political theorist John Locke in 1693 in his Thoughts Concerning Education. Bread, bread,…
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Tiny bubbles. I’m often struck by how often they feature in Western cuisine, how rarely in other major culinary traditions. Think of mousse and sparkling drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic,…
Read moreLast week Onkel Bob posted a long response to my post, Bread first or beer first? A bad question. He made several interesting points but the most important point, to…
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