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New studies make sense of tomato’s transformation from teeny-fruited weed to diversity diva.

A doctor in London chronicles his eating adventures through fact and fiction

What you call a plantain is probably an accident of history

Discussions about food often “bump up against philosophy” according to an actual philosopher, whose book helped me to think more clearly about food.

My visit to Ostia Antica last year, guided by the wonderfully knowledgeable Farrell Monaco, was destined to end in more than a podcast. There was no way I was going to be able to avoid attempting a panis quadratus of my own, and what better time to make the effort than during Fornacalia? How did […]

Giving people cash improves dietary diversity and child growth

Yoghurt is good for you, no doubt about that, although it probably will not confer eternal life.

Dear Supporter, Hello, and welcome. I’m so glad you found your way here. As I mentioned in my email, this post isn’t exactly private, more hidden by obscurity. My hope is that it is a way to give you something without needing you to sign up or log in or whatever. The Mishka Henner image […]

This will be a test post to see whether I can in fact restrict access by obscurity more than anything else. I had to jump through a load of hoops to get here, but it was worth it.

As an artist, looking down on Google Earth, Mishka Henner saw things that made him wonder — and that have the power to make all of us think, a bit.