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Food and Drink

Roadside produce stands: the last enclave of social trust

One of the more dystopian aspects of modern life is that in nearly every major American city, you cannot simply walk into a convenience store to buy something. Instead, you often have to ring a small bell and wait for a clerk to come unlock your tube of toothpaste or bottle of shampoo from behind

An excuse to drink

We have only fragments of The Satyricon by Titus Petronius (AD 27–66). The centerpiece of the narrative that survives is the so-called “Cena Trimalchionis,” the banquet of Trimalchio in which a dazzling array of exotic foods and rare wines are paraded before a handful of gratefully stupefied guests. While the host of this feast was