Bee Wilson on milk and food safety
Bee Wilson brings a historian’s eye to the problem of the adulteration of milk in China in an op-ed in the New York Times. It’s based on research she did…
Read moreSavory and Sweet Dishes
Here’s a question. In classic French cooking (and much Western cooking) savory and sweet dishes mirror one another. That is, you can have sweet or savory souffles and pastries of…
Read moreCheese Worldwide: Some Thoughts
Why don’t Indians make cheese? That’s come up in the discussion of Mexican cheese. I don’t have a knock down answer but I do have some thoughts on the worldwide…
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