Ensaïmadas: A Mallorcan Testimony
Ensaimadas are the utterly delicious coiled flaky pastries made of wheat flour and lard, and found in Menorca (which I have visited) and Mallorca (which I have not). How did…
Read moreThe Japanese as a Wheat-Eating Nation
Sorry, folks. I hit the publish on this before I meant to. In any case an interesting story in Slate. I’d actually put the beginnings of the Japanese move to…
Read moreKrugman on English food (3). Industrialization
So now from urbanization to industrialization, the second of the two culprits that Paul Krugman fingers for the awfulness of English food. 1. Perhaps Krugman means that the British industrial…
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