Dining with the Dead
Every year I enjoy the Day of the Dead but can’t help feeling slightly tetchy about some of the widely-held assumptions about it. I have very happy memories of families…
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And since I’ve been discussing canned foods, let me say something about SPAM. In the late 1980s I found myself in the Hawaiian Islands. SPAM was everywhere. Here’s a rundown…
Read moreSoy Kikkoman
The Economist has a fascinating article on Yuzaburo Mogi, head of Kikkoman, the company that makes soy sauce and much more. He comes from one of the founding families of…
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