New Finds: Pork Cracklin' Americana

Limited-edition poster art celebrating chicharrones.

CH-ers: I’m teaching a Religious Studies seminar this fall about basic foods in a cultural context ("Bread, Meat, Salt, and Wine") and the textbook I ordered (R. Philips, A Short History of Wine) is apparently unavailable....

culture shock upon moving back here. Who knew finding flat leaf parsley in San Diego would be such a chore. At the moment I am trying to source 3 things – 1) a really great fish market for fresh fish, 2) a really great meat...

're right that there are cultural differences in the way Chinese (and S. Americans and lots of other folks), as a starting point, tend to appreciate meat on the bone, while Americans tend to appreciate it more off the bone. But...

I’m curious about what are considered healthful or traditional pregnancy foods in other cultures. Also traditional morning sickness cures. Thanks – hope it’s the right board!

In terms of "culture", ALL Trader Joe’s are the same. I love the store, I love their products, I love the selection and I CAN’T STAND these insufferable 20-somethings acting like a bunch of self-involved high...

Japan: Land of "I Ate What?"

An Atlantic blog contributor accidentally tried some whale in Japan. Bad news for his conscience, but good fodder for us.

i used to live right around the block from sunin and while i visited every couple of months or so, i wasn’t convinced it was a strong example of Lebanese food. meat dishes tended to be on the dry side. i’ve heard the...

We have no idea what a world of carnivores would look like.

city, and that FDA regulations will help deliver consumers a clean bird. So then he said it affects the ‘texture’ of the meat. I think it is a childhood comfort thing, or maybe cultural - the ladies he grew up with...

Assi is fine for decent, cheap produce, meats, and seafood— it’s certainly better than the stuff at American supermarkets. I feel, however, that it doesn’t really have the greatest stock of really good food....

deciding to put sheep and cow carcasses into cattle feed [turning traditionally vegetarian animals into cannibals]. So if you eat chicken and you eat cows. . . . We don’t eat owls because its not in our culture and the ratio...

on a banana peel, not an apple peel, after all. I’m trying to pin down another cultural reference that seems to have once been considered funny: canned corn. My grandfather (not a particularly funny man) used to joke about...

people going one way. While it isn’t a rule, try going against the grain and it will seem like hell trying to maneuver. Maybe that’s what you experienced. Only buy selected/special produce, selected meat, seafood,...

malaysian, indonesian, vietnamese, mexican, whatever We don’t mind walking, are not big meat eaters, nor are we big spenders, and prefer to cover a lot of ground nibbling different things rather than having one big blow out...