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Written by Linda D. MohlerNovember 17, 2021
Mayukh Sen’s ‘Taste Makers’ Shows How Immigrant Women Changed American Food
Food & Cooking News Article
Elena Zelayeta, the subject of my second chapter, was born in Mexico but spent most of her life, both professionally and personally, in San Francisco. In addition to the difficulties that many immigrants to a new city in America might have faced in the early 20th century, she also lost her sight when she was
Written by Linda D. MohlerAugust 23, 2021
Poison or cure? Traditional Chinese medicine shows that context can make all the difference
Food & Cooking News Article
Poisons today typically evoke notions of harm and danger – the opposite of medicines for healing. Yet traditional Chinese medicine, which has been in practice for over two millennia, used a large number of poisons to treat a variety of illnesses. Chinese doctors knew that what makes a drug therapeutic isn’t just its active ingredient