Songs about buildings and food
Like me, you may have to teach about the economy and ecology of Late Imperial China. It is hard to make that lively. Poetry would help. Students love poetry. Th...
Category: Environment
Food History Themes and Exceptions
Once is a fluke. Twice is coincidence. Three times is a conspiracy. There’s a theme that runs through a great deal of food history writing, nearly all of ...
Land of rice, without fish
There has been a some talk about China and fish of late, and while I generally don’t like me too posts, I think China’s relationship with fish is in...
Liveblogging, slowblogging, Mammoth Blogging?
John McKay, at Archy, is publishing excerpts from his work on the natural history and historiography of wooly mammoths. The latest installment is about China, p...