food
Jeffrey Pilcher, the noted historian of food in Mexico, has a new book placing Mexican food in a global context. When thinking of a nation's food, particularly one as laden.
Today in lunatic food faddism: Why eat at all? Just subscribe to my tasteless liquid diet and all your nightmares of tasting food will come to an end. Via Russell.
A few interesting pieces on Asian food and history. 1. This is an interesting discussion of the origins of pad thai, a dish that is fairly minor within Thai cooking.
As a historian of the Gilded Age, the sequester is very exciting to me. With each passing day, a big leap back to the halcyon days of the 1890s seems.
When I was looking for the recipe for last night's delightful meal recommendation, I ran across this classic seafood mousse dish that I thought would just be wonderful for all.
To busy to blog much right now, but I am pretty hungry so I figured some late night snacking is in order. Bon appetite, 70s style! ...By request, the recipe.
While I guess I'm glad that McDonald's is using a certified fish that is theoretically sustainable (although I doubt it really), I don't know what karma the entire noble species.
Miss Idaho Potato, 1935. Everyone needs some weirdness in the evening.