A partial history of the turkey Where and when were they domesticated For a nomenclature nerd, the turkey is wonderful. Why would a bird from America be named after a country on the edge of Asia? Continue Reading →
Talking turkey As people in North America prepare to give thanks and devour unimaginable quantities of food, we go to the heart of the matter. Continue Reading →
The festa dell’uva of the 1930s Italy's fascists celebrate the grape These days, every little town and village in Italy has its sagra or festa, a weekend, or longer, in celebration of a particular local food. Continue Reading →
Looking forward to the festa dell’uva In the 1930s the Italian fascists decided that floats laden with giant grapes would be the vehicle to drive forward Italian nationalism. Continue Reading →
Taro leaves as you’ve never seen them My compadre Luigi hangs out on social media, where he came across “fermented taro leaves made into a patty“. Continue Reading →