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Chile leaves, Broccoli Stems and Pea Shoots…Expanding What we Eat
Posted by Sharon Astyk on August 23, 2012
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I find the ways we define ourselves by what we eat fascinating. We do this project of self-definition both through what we DO eat and what we refuse to eat. In Martin Jones’ fascinating book _Feast: Why Humans Share Food_, he observes that our taboos about food can be so powerful that they are actively…