Organic and Feeding the World
For today, three items that add refreshing new perspectives to the often depressingly static battle lines about modern food with their proponents hunkered down in trenches. When I was at…
Read moreWho’s the Strongest? The Meat Eaters or the Vegetarians?
The consensus of nutritionists at the end of the nineteenth century was clear. It was the meat eaters. But important minority movements (sometimes derisively called the nuts and the berries)…
Read moreChocolate and Toasted Maize: What a Drink
Many countries still have drinks that go back deep into the past. One such is taxcalate from Chiapas in the far south of Mexico. Here’s the powder base: ground toasted…
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