Two Reasons Why I am Interested in What King Kalakaua of Hawaii Ate

You might well ask why, apart from nostalgia for the ten years that I spent in the Hawaiian Islands, I might be interested in the eating habits of David Kalakaua,…

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Of Cowboys and Indians and Nineteenth-Century America

What could be more American than gliding along perfect roads at eighty mph, roads so perfect that the dry, rocky terrain slips past like a movie?  I’ve been doing a…

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Breadfruit. All but Inedible?

The breadfruit is a remarkable food: The prickly football-size pod is full of nutrients and energy. Growing on one of the earth’s highest-yielding trees, it could even help alleviate world…

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