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A Day in the Life of Mbok Jamu

A celebration of the women that prepare and deliver the jamu across Indonesia.

The Resistance Tasting Menu: Afro-Caribbean Cuisine

For our very first Resistance Tasting Menu, we’ve put together 14 courses highlighting the unheralded Afro-Caribbean cuisine.

The Flower That Bites Back

Examining the culinary mistake 19th-century European botanists made by treating torch ginger as a decoration.

Beware of Colonizers Bearing Gifts

How a collection of starchy roots became part of the West African cultural firmament.

The Islands that Bought Manhattan

The story of nutmeg, cloves, and the regenerative agricultural practices that helped them thrive.

The Calendar That Connects Half a Continent

While much of the world rang in the New Year four months ago, a billion…