Handmaking
When I prepare food, I usually get my hands dirty. Not just when kneading and patting dough into shapes, although it’s true that I am quicker to stick my hands […]
When I prepare food, I usually get my hands dirty. Not just when kneading and patting dough into shapes, although it’s true that I am quicker to stick my hands […]
As both a visual art and a narrative form, video games can utilize many of the same food themes that appear in film, literature, and art: food in games can invoke […]
Just a soupçon of beautifully animated scenes of eating to start your weekend. I’m not sure when I first saw this clever stop-motion movie, but when it popped up on my […]
Tis the season: we were just talking apple toddies last week, and this week I saw this wonderful profile of the woman who runs Laird & Company, who makes the […]
I’m still not over space lettuce, and now Modern Farmer just showed up to the astral agriculture party with some thoughts on how to fertilize potatoes on Mars. The science of […]
A couple blog notes: I added a “Chronologies” page to my Bibliographies tab, and I’ll add more permanent timelines or histories as I come across them. One of the links […]
Readers and friends! I’ve missed connecting with you on this platform. January has been an incredibly busy month for me, as I wrapped up my responsibilities at the university press […]
I’ve been quietly adding new words to my Alimentary Lexicon since I announced it last year, but this recent addition is by far my favorite: deipnophobia, the fear of dinner […]
Artist Hannah Rothstein plates traditional Thanksgiving dinners in the style of modern artists such as Mondrian: At NPR, the ever-sharp Linda Holmes has a delightful takedown of NYT’s list of Thanksgiving […]
If your interests strongly coincide with mine–that is, if you not only like food and history and narratives but you also like video games–then you might like to know that […]