You are what you drink Or maybe you drink what you are Robert Walpole — like all great politicians — understood how to use his tipple to send a signal Continue Reading →
Disputations about taste What is good taste? What tastes good? I know taste is entirely subjective. But I’m also willing to think about good taste and bad taste and even to use that as part of a value judgement. How about you? Continue Reading →
The Man Who Tried to Feed the World A new documentary about Norman Borlaug Norman Borlaug gave birth to the Green Revolution, with little thought for the unintended consequences of his work. Continue Reading →
Russian Food: Old and New North of the Acrtic Circle, the Roots of Russian Food Beyond the North Wind, the true heart of Russian Food Continue Reading →
The book of the Book of Tasty and Healthy Food Remembering the food of the past, no matter how bad it was A young Russian woman blogs her way through the only cookbook her grandmother knew — and gets her own book out of it Continue Reading →