A few years ago, the city council of Lucca in the Tuscan region of Italy declared a ban on "ethnic" foods. The council explained that this measure was imperative to protect the integrity of Tuscan products and cuisine, and blocked the...
Retrospectives
Food
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by Anthony BourdainJune 1, 2013Warring clans of chefs rule the world (or, at least, near-future Los Angeles) in Anthony Bourdain’s graphic novel satire. The master chef's laser-sharp social commentary at its bloodiest...
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by Bhakti ShringarpureJune 1, 2013A conversation with Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt, creators of an unique cultural, feminist, ethnographic and political cookbook from Gaza.
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by Clara SereniJune 1, 2013An excerpt from a pioneering feminist autobiography in recipes that became a cult for Italian women of the eighties and nineties.
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by Andrew RyderJune 1, 2013Can the cuisine and cultural engagement initiatives of a Pittsburgh pop-up restaurant Conflict Kitchen create a connection between Americans and Iranians that transcends the culinary?
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by Flavio RizzoJune 1, 2013An exposé of all the paradoxes that constitute the experience of shopping for socially responsible food at Whole Foods.
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by Tuleka PrahJune 1, 2013With a palate honed over her childhood in Ghana, South Sudan, Botswana, Lesotho, Kenya, Namibia and South Africa, the author offers up some favorites, and a bit of advice to African restauranteurs abroad...
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by Igiaba ScegoJune 1, 2013When a young woman journeys to Rosetta's corner store and buys 12 pounds of sausages, it brings up the burning question of whether she is Somali or Italian...
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by Samantha KwanMay 31, 2013A piercing analysis of today's bourgeois-bohemians, culinary tourism and the symbolic act of consuming authentic "ethnic food."
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by Paola FloresMay 31, 2013The scramble to grow more Quinoa is prompting Bolivian farmers to abandon traditional land management practices, endangering the fragile ecosystem of the arid highlands.
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by JL SchatzMay 31, 2013Every time someone sits down to consume the flesh of another animal, he pays for the confinement, torture and slaughter of that animal.
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by Macon DeeMay 31, 2013A visual journey through the products that we consume daily and the iconic but blatantly racist ads that make them a household name.
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