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In Praise of Bland Food

By Rachel Laudan January 28, 2016 Drink, Food Politics, Taste 18 Comments

7am.  Facebook.  A post pops up on how to make a chocolate-covered bacon shot glass for your whiskey. I must have missed this phenomenon because when I googled “chocolate-covered bacon…

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Flavors and Smells: Why the Inconsistent Attitudes?

By Rachel Laudan March 19, 2008 Oddities and Things that Don't Fit 15 Comments

Here I am in a short term rental apartment in Argentina and I’m prompted to ask a question that has puzzled me for some time. The owner of this apartment…

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