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Review: Eating Wild Japan: Tracking the Culture of Foraged Foods, with a Guide to Plants and Recipes, by Winifred Bird, illustrated by Paul Poynter.

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Judy

Quick! What’s the first thing that springs to mind if I ask you what Japan and the Washington, DC area have in common? (Hint: it’s early Spring here.)  Why, cherry trees in blossom, you’d answer, and you’d be right!  So … Continue reading →

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I Eat, Therefore I Speak

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Judy

Review: The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu, by Dan Jurafsky, Norton, 2014. A book that combines two of my favorite subjects! What could be better? I majored in anthropology in college, where I picked up a smattering … Continue reading →

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Librarians Have Appetites!

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Judy

Why would a food writer attend a librarian’s convention?  Like everyone else, librarians appreciate cooking and eating, and they buy books on those topics for their libraries.  The exhibit hall of the Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association in … Continue reading →

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We Are All Toast: Book and Movie Review

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Judy

I recently viewed the movie Toast, released in Britain in 2010 as a TV movie but more recently in the US (and available on Netflix).  It inspired me to read the book it was based on, an autobiography of the … Continue reading →

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