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The Empty Restaurants of New York

Slideshow:

The Empty Restaurants of New York

‘Nothing in !Kung culture really matches the common Hadza pattern of men leaving older wives for younger ones…’

‘Tomato Pies, 25 Cents’ by Grace Cavalieri

Poem:

‘Tomato Pies, 25 Cents’ by Grace Cavalieri

‘US demographers and agronomists spent much of the cold war drastically reordering community models and farming practices, seeking to maximize market relations’

Beefing Up Fake Pork

‘An examination of cannibalism is bound to induce a species of metaphysical unease’

‘An examination of cannibalism is bound to induce a species of metaphysical unease’

An Empire Lacking Food

An Empire Lacking Food

Distressful Bread

Distressful Bread

“Inventing a profession has to have validity for both the employer and the customer”

Book excerpt:

‘East Eats West’ by Andrew Lam

New York’s Irish distanced themselves from corned beef, then embraced it…

‘At one time, a lot of us – fewer now – put our money on French haute cuisine.’

Slideshow:

A Complex Food Chain

Fancy Food Diplomacy

Hooters Prague and that same strained commercial cultural exchange

Add hash browns

Stick a fork in it

Tremble, ye Bloomer Bunnies!

‘Making toast, in other words, is a spiritual exercise, but its spirituality is to be found entirely in its concreteness.

Book excerpt:

‘Appetite for America’ by Stephen Fried