Category: Extra Matter

No meat shortage, no vegetable left behind, not enough figs, tasty maize, bulky barley, old bottles.

It’s all connected; pre-Roman Britons, Easter, Passover, cookies. Objects of worship.

Seafood, smut and sourdough, and a reminder about Soviet food.

Fungi, chicken of the woods, silver darlings and more besides. With a Letter from Rome for subscribers.

Apples and pears, nutmeg and mace, beans and pulses, lifestyles and life.