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“The corollary to white innocence is white passivity, the feeling that what one’s ancestors did was so messed up that it couldn’t possibly make a difference where one eats a barbecue sandwich.”

Asking for a doctor’s note when your guest says they are allergic or intolerant is not an option

There’s a huge difference between neophobia and picky eating, just as there is between food and nutrition. How best to undertake the tricky business of helping children to eat well.

Organic growers and breeders in Europe are preparing to take advantage of their new freedom to sow biodiversity

People (well, a person, but still) asked about the incidental music in my recent episode on Mothers and Milk. It is my interpretation of one of the Child ballads, No. 40, The Queen of Elfan’s Nourice. How we got there is a bit of a roundabout story.

How can the simple and vital connection between mother and baby possibly be considered shameful?

The average American starts in on a fad diet four times a year. A quarter give up after two weeks. What are they hoping for?

The ability to tax wheat moving through choke points gives empires their power, even today.

Wheat was money, when a store was no more than a store of goods to be exchanged for wheat.

Moving wheat from where it grows to where it is eaten shaped the world