quote [ The human tongue detected it long before it could say it. ]

quote [ The ranks of doomsday preppers have swelled since the pandemic, with many stocking up on freeze-dried rations in case things go bad. ]

quote [ The anti-avocado militias of Michoacán ]

quote [ Massive walls separate the city of New Orleans from the marshes and estuaries that have helped make this place a culinary marvel. Troy Gilbert's Chefs On Boats takes restaurant workers beyond the barricades. ]

quote [ While a student at Cambridge, novelist C Pam Zhang found that squeamishness around meat is embedded into the English language ? and by extension, Western attitudes towards the realities of meat. ]

quote [ How Hollywood transformed a dessert into a metaphor for a bygone era. ]

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quote [ The introduction of gin to England was a delirious and deleterious affair, as tipplers reported a range of effects: loss of reason, frenzy, madness, joy, and death. With the help of prints by George Cruikshank, William Hogarth, and others, James Brown enters the architecture of intoxication ? dram shops, gin halls, barbershops ? exploring the spaces that catered to pleasure or evil, depending who you asked. ]

quote [ First came James Bond?s shaken variation. Now, the aperitif has been remixed with salt and vinegar, beetroot, bone and even seaweed. Are bartenders just having a giggle ? or creating modern classics? There?s only one way to find out ]

quote [ How the modern-day aluminum beverage can was made safer and more eco-friendly by one man?s invention?a riveted tab that opened the can, but stayed attached. ]