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Category Archives: Regional

Link Buffet: Globavore Dilemmas

August 12, 2015by Sara Davis Leave a comment

I’ve been teaching a friend how to make a few dishes (which is not at all the same as teaching a date how to cook — I’ve retired from that field). The prep time for […]

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Ethnicity, Link Buffet, Regional

Link Buffet: Classics for a reason

June 16, 2015by Sara Davis 2 Comments

In Guernica, Helen Rosner rhapsodizes about the blank beauty of chicken tenders. Nothing is more nothing than a chicken tender. A roast chicken has a certain dinner-party elegance to it, […]

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Consumer Culture, Food in the City, Link Buffet, Regional

Why Pennsylvania Has State Stores

March 2, 2015by Sara Davis 2 Comments

When I first moved from New Orleans to Philadelphia, I was more than a little stymied by the liquor laws. Coming from the South, I thought I understood bizarre alcohol […]

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Beverages, Consumer Culture, Food in the City, Political Theater, Regional, Social Anxieties

Link Buffet: Sweets for the Sweet

February 9, 2015by Sara Davis Leave a comment

February 5th was World Nutella Day! Sorry if you missed it. I’ve written before about how food holidays come about–most often a brand or food commission will propose that a mayor, […]

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"Junk" food, Dessert, Link Buffet, Regional, Television

Link Buffet: Border crossing

January 30, 2015by Sara Davis 1 Comment

Hurray! I finally got a chance to peruse my Winter issue of Render: Feminist Food & Culture Quarterly–or, more accurately, to read it cover to cover on my commute two […]

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Business, Dessert, Food Distribution and Resources, Link Buffet, Regional

Food Music Playlist #8: New Year’s Menu

December 30, 2014by Sara Davis 2 Comments

It may not be the greatest idea to throw a dinner party the day after I return from a long trip, but it wouldn’t be the New Year if I […]

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Holidays, Music, Regional, Rituals and Customs

Link Buffet: Kitchen, community, country

June 26, 2014by Sara Davis 1 Comment

With food, it’s not just that the personal is political. How we eat, what we buy, and where we get it are deeply influenced by the circulation of food, money, […]

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Cooking, Cultural connotations, Food Distribution and Resources, Food in the City, Link Buffet, Nutrition, Regional

The flight of the kiwi

March 14, 2014by Sara Davis 1 Comment

Via Mashable, I’ve been enjoying these food maps by Caitlin Levin and Henry Hargreaves. (They are also the duo behind a photo of a deep-fried iPad that astonished me in […]

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Advertising, Fruit, Photography, Regional

Confessions of a kalevangelist

April 5, 2013by Sara Davis 5 Comments

I have a new piece up at Table Matters about class, cultural capital, and kale. It was an extremely personal piece for me to write–although I only briefly mention my […]

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"Junk" food, Class, Consumer Culture, Ethnicity, Family, Food in the City, Memory, Nutrition, Race, Regional, Vegetable

Don’t bother with “Butter”

February 24, 2013by Sara Davis Leave a comment

I have a weakness for whimsical ensemble comedies that follow competitors in an offbeat subculture contest. I loved Best in Show, and though it’s been years since I saw it, I […]

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Dairy, Film, Regional, Sculpture

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