
Rachel Laudan on the History of Food and Cuisine
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The Importance of Dishonoring the Past
I think we just simply have to give up the myth of a golden age in the past that is a template for the present. So so what I would like you to talk about why dishonoring or being inaccurate about the history is important. If we say that peasants in the past a self healthier and safer food it's easy to translate that into the world of development, he says. He adds: "We want women in South Africa to continue pounding their maize"
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