Heat and Dust and Cooks: The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook
“The tale of the British in India holds keys to the universal story of colonization. A no-nonsense book, The Complete Indian …
Tag Archives: Culinary History
The Roger Smith Cookbook Conference
Just a reminder that you will be able to see some 10 of the 28 sessions live and for free …
Captain Warren’s Cooking Pot
A type of pot used during the colonial era, as well as in Victorian England in general, Captain Warren’s Cooking …
Dreaming of France on a Foggy February Morning
This morning I woke up to fog so thick that I wondered if perhaps I’d morphed into a another place …
Crème de la Crème: Crème fraîche, a Fable and Some Facts
One thing must be cleared up at the start. Crème fraîche does not count sour cream as an equal. Yes, …
The Ancient Sin of Gluttony: What’s Really Behind the Shunning of Paula Deen
We need strategies that do not drag us back to the dispositional focus of the Inquisition’s witch-hunts, that propelled the …
Preserved Lemons: The New French Staple?
Meats preserved in wine become dry and nourishing: they dry out because of the wine; they are nourishing because of …
Arabs in France: An Early Account by an Egyptian Imam
Rare is the native English speaker who reads and writes Arabic, classical or otherwise. And thus a vast body of …
The Expert (French) Cook in Enlightenment France: A Review
If you scrutinize sixteenth-century Dutch artist Pieter Aertsen’s painting, “The Cook in Front of the Stove,” you will see a …
Apples in French Indochina: Chapa (Sa Pa) – The Phantom Hill Station in Vietnam
In looking at pictures of the former French colonial hill station of Sa Pa/Sapa (formerly called Chapa by French colonizers), …
