Indians Discuss Doha, World Trade, and Indian Agriculture

Rajagopal Sukumar, who often comments on this blog, just posted on the recent failure of the Doha round on his own blog. It has prompted an informed and discussion. I…

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Global Migration of Dishes and Recipes III

Lots of disciplines wrestle with understanding the diffusion of ideas, technologies, products and so on. I find browsing the work of archaeologists, economists, historians and others a fruitful source of…

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How Can We Trace the Global Migration of Recipes and Dishes II?

Back to the issue of food on the move. Here are some general observations about the origin and diffusion of dishes. Independent invention versus diffusion The case of North African…

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