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The Japanese Butter Shortage: Changing Tastes and the Food Crisis

By Rachel Laudan May 1, 2008 Food History, Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Oddities and Things that Don't Fit 2 Comments

The Japanese are short of butter and considering emergency imports, according to the Wall Street Journal. How the worm turns, at least on the biggish historical scale. A hundred and…

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Tracking recent changes in taste: Algeria

By Rachel Laudan October 3, 2007 Food History, Food Politics No Comments

One of the hardest things to figure out about food, if you live in the US, is how tastes are changing in other parts of the world. Cookbooks and food…

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