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Book Review: Salt: A World History

July 6, 2011

It’s been a while since a book review, hasn’t it? I picked this up at my local library because I like histories of things, I like food, and I LOVE salt. So does Mark. Salt is, as you might have guessed, about the history and importance of salt in human life and how it’s shaped our politics and cuisine over the past 2,000 years. It’s not quite linear, instead being broken up by civilizations and jumping back and forth throughout ...

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Accidental Chicken Tikka Masala. Or, recipe websites are awful.

February 15, 2010

As you read this post, keep in mind that A)I’m food-stupid and B) I’m food-lazy. Here I am, trying to plan a weekly menu, because that’s what all the homey-wifey websites recommend you do to keep the Arab-Israeli Menu Planning War of 1967 from breaking out in the household.   I witnessed this first-hand on numerous occasions when I’ve been too lazy/tired/homicidal after work to cook dinner (this happens at least twice a week.) On these occasions, when I was single ...

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