Peanuts, Senegal and Slavery A new book uncovers how peanuts enslaved people in Senegal and offered a way out of slavery for some France abolished slavery in 1815 but the practice continued long after that in its west African enclaves Continue Reading →
Garum: Rome’s new library and museum of food An old monastery houses treasures old and not so old On the slopes of the Palatine Hill, supposedly on the site where the she-wolf suckled Romulus and Remus, a new food museum. Continue Reading →
A diet for the future But not my future A paper in Nature Food today reports the results of a group of scientists in Finland who modelled the environmental impact of replacing animal-source foods in current European diets with novel or plant-based foods. Continue Reading →
Tomatoes: domestication and diversity What lies beneath does not reflect what you see New studies make sense of tomato’s transformation from teeny-fruited weed to diversity diva. Continue Reading →
Aaron Vallance — 1dish4theroad How a London doctor came to love writing — about food and more A doctor in London chronicles his eating adventures through fact and fiction Continue Reading →