The Indispensable Culinary Middlemen and Women

The Indispensable Culinary Middlemen and Women

“I think we’ll use your handout in our staff training sessions,” said one of Rick Bayless’ team, without so much as a “by your leave.”  Or a “may we?” “Hmm,”…

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The Pizza Effect

I’d never heard of the pizza effect.  That is, until Bob Lucky commented on my Cornish pasty post.* The Cornish pasty’s export to other parts of the world with emigrants,…

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Wheat, Glorious Wheat: Borlaug100

One of the great things about working on “food” is that it’s such a huge and various subject. This past week I was lucky enough to be one of 700…

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