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Empires, Cannibals, and Magic Fish Bones

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  • 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.
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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

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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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