24,000 Liters of Wine in the Hold: 40 Years of Globalization

24,000 Liters of Wine in the Hold: 40 Years of Globalization

Remember that song “99 bottles of beer on the wall?” Singing down the numbers helped children endure long car journeys before tablets, even if it drove their parents to distraction. …

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Five Things I Learned at Texas Foodways

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the annual Texas Foodways conference, this time in San Antonio, a city I can’t wait to explore further.  For…

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What the Roman Empire Knew About Food Miles

What the Roman Empire Knew About Food Miles

  Provisioning Rome, one of the world’s largest cities, if not the largest with as many as a million people by about 55 B.C., was one of the greatest challenges…

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