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  • Killer Ice-Cream! March 12, 2011

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
    Killer Ice-Cream!

    Beachcombing’s friends over at foodinitaly (Zach and SY) have put up a post from that magical period 1880-1900 when ice-cream was leaving the dining rooms of the super-rich and reaching the streets of northern Europe and North America. As with all new foods there is a period of chronic anxiety when the food in question is given unreasonable […]

    Painted Snowballs February 8, 2011

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
    Painted Snowballs

    For various reasons beginning with health and ending with this blog, passing through children, changing interests and daily walks in the woods Beachcombing has not sat down to write an academic article for two years. And when he thinks of the two or three pieces on his hard drive that just need some work and […]