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You know the expression “do what you love and you’ll love what you do.” John Shelton Reed is living that life–tasting barbecue, judging it, hunting up the best, and writing about it. From this collection of his writings, a few … Continue reading →

If you are of a certain age, you may remember Francis Moore Lappe’s Diet for a Small Planet, and these books are two sides of the same coin, exploring how what we eat impacts the planet. Moore Lappe inspired the … Continue reading →

We struggle–and it seems we’ve always struggled–with what we eat. It’s too much or too little, clean or dirty, healthy or indulgent. For a little historic perspective on the physical and psychological interpretations of appetite, check out Appetite and Its … Continue reading →

There is a huge system behind the food on your plate, one worth examining, as Andrew Deener does in this book, using Philadelphia as a case study. That system is the reason you can buy a roast chicken for five … Continue reading →

700 Foods You Should Try from Around the World by Alexandre Stern, Universe No matter how you feel about the world “foodie,”you will love this book. It’s a kind of food dictionary you might want to keep around to settle … Continue reading →

How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture. It’s Super Bowl weekend and I assume that no one will be making quiche for “the big game.” But it’s not just this weekend that food marketers and advertisers think … Continue reading →

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In this book local historian Kim Prothro Williams finds traces and tells the stories of the farms, estates, and plantations that lie beneath the capital’s monuments and official buildings. Sheep and wine grapes in the hills of Northwest, African American … Continue reading →

Food is an emotional marker, a way we identify and recall time, place, and people, which Tembi Locke does with searing effect in this memoir of her life with her Sicilian husband, and with his family after his death. This … Continue reading →