Fish Stomachs?????
Fish Stomachs???? You might believe that fishcakes, along with fritters and croquettes, began as members of the thrifty Leftovers family. …
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Aleing Herbs: Costmary
Ale making in medieval and Renaissance England depended upon a number of herbal flavorings, especially before hops became the predominant …
Goat Song: Romancing the Pastoralism (Not)
People today seek a connection with the earth in many ways. The shape of that seeking takes many forms. First …
Idylls of Cuisine #29
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Cheesemaking in Africa: “Curd and the Karamojong”
Englishwoman Kate Arding, who owns a cheese shop — Cowgirl Creamery — in West Marin, California, traveled to Uganda in …
Food and the British Raj in Africa: A Photographic Interlude
Because photographs and artwork lend insight into time periods that words might not (a picture is worth a thousand words, …
Half-Baked Nuts and Gooseberry Fools: Food Similes and Metaphors
Just for fun today, here’s a list of food words (now clichés) commonly used in English, often without the speaker …
To the Queen’s Taste: A Brief Meditation on Written Recipes, Part III
Carrying on our examination of the written recipe and its significance in what usually was an oral culture (in more …
Take Wyte Wyn: A Brief Meditation on Written Recipes, Part II
For us, the word “recipe” began with the Latin verb recipere (to take). And many early recipes in the West …
