A case study on the economics of premium food. In the late 1990’s, Scottish archaeologists unearthing the Vaults of Edinburgh discovered an interesting insight into the eating habits of the early 19th century inhabitants – thousands upon thousands of oyster shells. To...
It was halfway through a lunchtime banquet held in a small (by Chinese standards) portside town on the river Yangtze. The usual broths, Asian vegetables and fish had dizzily circulated on the Lazy Susan but the hero dish was only just making its way to the table. The...
