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Not Just a “Still Life:” The Racist Messages Behind American Images of Fruit
Oct 22 2020
By Shana Klein, author of The Fruits of Empire: Art, Food, and the Politics of Race in the Age of American ExpansionStill-life paintings of food look innocent at first sight. Pictures of bowls bulging with oranges and grapes were fashionable in nineteenth-century American dining rooms, prompting
The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat
Jan 05 2020
Many people think of the great Silk Road as a mirage in the shifting sands of time; however, the ideas and goods that once moved across Eurasia directed the course of human history.