Food Riots in England Bad weather and bad governance bring out the beast in people When you’ve got nothing, you’ve got nothing to lose … except your life
Making Mr Song’s Cheese China appreciated cheese and dairy long before it was decided they couldn’t The standard story is that ethnic Chinese don’t eat cheese or drink milk because they are lactose intolerant. They do, but it’s complicated Continue Reading →
Grain and finance The need to buy and sell wheat created modern commerce Wheat was money, when a store was no more than a store of goods to be exchanged for wheat. 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 →
Sushi From necessity to ubiquity The story of perhaps the greatest transformation in the history of food and how it continues today Continue Reading →