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December 2014

There were 6 posts published in December 2014 (this is page 1 of 2).

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A selection of trifles Little stories from the year just past

Having started this autumn to do little trailers for upcoming shows, I thought it would be an interesting way to prevent absolute silence over the holidays to adapt that format and revisit some of 2014’s episodes.

December 30, 2014 | Comment

Turkeys and globalisation

Of all the turkey’s misnomers, the official Linnaean name from 1758 must qualify as the wrongest: Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo. It crosses Greek roots with Latin to mean “guinea-fowl chicken-peacock chicken-peacock”. Wrong on five counts, but typical. The only thing the turkey’s namers have got right consistently is that the bird is not-from-here.

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in Extra Matter | December 30, 2014 | Comment

Bread remembered

Back in January I talked to Suzanne Dunaway about Buona Forchetta, the bakery she and her husband Don started and eventually sold.

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in Extra Matter, Podcasts | December 29, 2014 | Comment

Garibaldi and citrus in Italy

One of my treats this year was sitting down with Helena Attlee to talk about her book The Land Where Lemons Grow.

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in Extra Matter, Podcasts | December 22, 2014 | Comment

Another helping of turkey More than there ever were

The conservation of the wild turkey was triumph, but it left ornithologists scratching their heads. How many species were there? And where did they live?

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in Podcasts | December 15, 2014 | 6 Webmentions | Comment

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The conservation of the wild turkey was triumph, but it left ornithologists scratching their heads. How many species were there? And where did they live?