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Curio Spice Co., the North Cambridge shop selling spices sourced directly from small growers, is offering a variety of classes and events in a charming space adjoining the store that founder Claire Cheney has dubbed The Lab.
Based on years of observation, ethnographic fieldwork, and countless shared meals, mother and son Merry White and Ben Wurgaft explore how our foods reach our plates and how every bite is part of a complex web of social meaning and value. From the Venetian spice trade to the Columbian Exchange, from Roman garum to Vietnamese nớc chấm, from the origins of agriculture to contemporary debates over culinary authenticity, they uncover new ways to understand food and the social rules that shape our meals.
The Japanese-French bakery on Beacon Street had been closed for remodeling for nearly two years, and in that time, the baker — as much as the bakery itself — underwent changes, too. All for the better.
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Episode 221 Coffee Life in Japan Aired: Monday, March 8th 2021 SHARE HOSTED BY Akiko Katayama Our guest is Merry White who is the author of Coffee Life in Japan, an absolutely insightful and fascinating book about Japanese coffee as well as unique Japanese culture and society. Merry also teaches courses on various topics including Japan, food anthropology, and urban anthropology at Boston University. Japanese people started drinking coffee fairly recently compared to their centuries-old custom of tea drinking, but Japan is the number five importer of...