There and back again - a saucy tale.
Trade and food. Language and sauces. Geography and history. And how ketchup and fermented fish became kecap.
January 11, 2017
Tagged “history”
6 posts
Go plated.
Food plating. Industrial Revolution. Culture. And how ceramic plates civilized the home.
January 11, 2017
Have salt will travel.
Sausage. Salsa. Salami. And how salt, food, history and language travelled around the world.
January 11, 2017
The tart and science of sailing.
Portuguese egg tarts. Trade winds. Geography. And the history of a yummy pastry and the world's first global empire.
January 11, 2017
How the West came from behind to ketchup with the East.
Trade. History. Language. And how the word "ketchup" spread from Asia to the West (really!).
January 11, 2017
Okama Sutra.
Gentle curves. Hot Conductors. Design and culture. And how history of rice cookers has good karma.
February 2, 2016