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July 28, 2010

Global food security and the pending crisis

The following two pod-casts are discussions on global food security and the pending food crisis.

http://wpr.org/wcast/download-mp3-req...

http://castroller.com/podcasts/KerasT...


In them, Evan Fraser and Evan Fraser discuss the themes in
Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilization Empires of Food Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilization by Evan D.G. Fraser
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Published on July 28, 2010 17:42

July 8, 2010

History of food and society

In the following two pod casts, Andrew Rimas and I discuss the history of food and its role in shaping society.

http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/jul/0...
http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/201...
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Published on July 08, 2010 12:21

June 25, 2010

June 24, 2010

Interview in Globe and Mail

Following the release of Empires of Food: Why Civilization Revolves Around the Dinner Table I was interviewed by a Canadian journalist at the Globe and Mail about our book. The interview can be found at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food...
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Published on June 24, 2010 05:57

June 18, 2010

Win a copy of "Empires of Food"

Our new book Empires of Food: Why Civilization Revolves Around the Dinner Table has been nicely reviewed by "the local cook" who is offering two free copies as a give-away. Please see: http://thelocalcook.com/2010/06/17/em...
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Published on June 18, 2010 01:54

The New Gluttony

Andrew Rimas, my co-writer, has just posted a new entry on Psychology Today that builds on some of our arguments from Empires of Food: Why Civilization Revolves Around the Dinner Table and Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, and Muscle Shaped the World. Please see:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/t...
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Published on June 18, 2010 01:53

June 8, 2010

The End of Simple Eating

My co-writer, Andrew Rimas is running a blog at psychology today and has just posted his first entry called "the end of simple eating". This draws arguments from our new (about to be released) book Empires of Food: Why Civilization Revolves Around the Dinner Table. The post can be found at:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/t...
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Published on June 08, 2010 07:47