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Empires, Cannibals, and Magic Fish Bones

Empires, Cannibals, and Magic Fish Bones

Join us as we celebrate food, the dinner table, and quite likely empires, cannibals and magic fish bones!

  • Southern Cooking
  • Thomas Jefferson And La Fruta Del Diablo: The Promise And Problems Of Harvesting Food
  • Traveling Through Food Wastelands, Blended Scotch, Uncle Tupelo, And Onto Good Soil.
  • Unsettling America
  • Thoughts Toward A Lecture In North Carolina: A Swan, Bride, And Fatal Banquet.
  • A Good Man Is Hard To Find, Jefferson’s Very Small Batch Bourbon, And Grits.

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The Anatomical Theater Of Anthony Bourdain
Posted on June 20, 2018

The Anatomical Theater Of Anthony Bourdain

A pulling back of skin and forceps on flesh reveal an inner world of the human body in Rembrandt’s The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp.  Anatomy lessons entertained curious spectators throughout Europe from the sixteenth into the nineteenth century.  Such spectacles danced the edge of the sacred and profane as worlds under the skin … Continue reading The Anatomical Theater Of Anthony Bourdain

Posted on May 22, 2016

Thoughts Toward A Lecture In North Carolina: A Swan, Bride, And Fatal Banquet.

The old stories tell of a bride . . . and then a war, and as always, banquet after banquet. Remember Helen?  Daughter of Zeus and Leda. In this Peter Paul Rubens’ version (there are two) Leda and the Swan (aka Zeus) may share a kiss or you could also interpret that she’s asleep, either … Continue reading Thoughts Toward A Lecture In North Carolina: A Swan, Bride, And Fatal Banquet.

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  • Southern Cooking
  • Thomas Jefferson And La Fruta Del Diablo: The Promise And Problems Of Harvesting Food
  • Traveling Through Food Wastelands, Blended Scotch, Uncle Tupelo, And Onto Good Soil.
  • Unsettling America
  • Thoughts Toward A Lecture In North Carolina: A Swan, Bride, And Fatal Banquet.
  • A Good Man Is Hard To Find, Jefferson’s Very Small Batch Bourbon, And Grits.

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