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Tag: Food and Agriculture

The role of neglected cities in a sustainable future.
Catherine Tumber

Without public investment, the food crisis will only get worse.

Walter Falcon, Rosamond Naylor

Managing our way out of the water crisis.

Frank R. Rijsberman

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Progress in the world's poorest region.

Edward Miguel

Sugar and fat in American eating. 

Sidney W. Mintz

Food, class, and culture in modern France.

Pierre Bourdieu

How Julia Child sold Americans on the difficult, alien art of French cooking.

Stephen Schmidt

Julia Child reviews a gastronomic history of American cooking, sings the praises of a recipe for pimiento custard spread, and details her obsession with all things corn.

Julia Child

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