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It took more than a hundred years, but eventually the United States too developed a recognisable coffee culture.

Bready things, bookish things, historic things and fraudulent things. But if you want to know what I think, you should subscribe.

Espresso is the canonical coffee of Italy, even though the original espresso was something entirely different. How did espresso happen? And what happened when it got to England?

How about deep-fried chick on a stick? France to ban culling of unwanted male chicks by end of 2021 BBC news told us yesterday, and I could barely contain my disbelief. Unwanted males are the price you pay for specialised breeds, whether dairy cows or layer hens.

This week’s pickings from the rich table of food, health, history and scams.

With a bag of porridge oats in my baggage, I set off for Georgetown University and a date with science

Coffee is classist, Tomatoes are diverse, Modern wheat is not guilty, the UK food system may well get worse, let’s hear it for chewy.

Quite by coincidence, I listened to two podcasts about coffee back to back. Well, it wasn’t truly a coincidence; I saw that there were two in my queue and so I interfered with the ordering to listen to them one after the other. Anyway, Benjamen Walker’s Wake up and smell the coffee was the kind […]

Unlike car sharing, when you buy a share in a cow, you are not free to drive her wherever you want. So what do you get?

“Old” wheats, old yeast, old feast plus my holiday gifts to you.