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All stories →- Long readNo. 09The Recipe Left BehindMaize is a plant that people made, and it has never been able to manage without them. When it crossed the ocean, the half of the bargain that lived in the kitchen stayed behind
- Long readNo. 08Food for HorsesSamuel Johnson's most famous insult was true. It was also unfair, and in the end a breakfast beat it
- Long readNo. 07Too Many CallersHow a merchant's problem with visitors taught London to talk to strangers, and what London did with the talk