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Biking to Costco as an Example of Attunement with the Way
AKA: Exercise is good.
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Andrew Leonard
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July 2023
The Cleaver and Xinjiang
A tale of Muslim princesses, wuxia derring do, and Qing colonialism.
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Andrew Leonard
6
June 2023
The Biotech Soybeans of Lady Dai
Fermentation. Transformation. Immortality. The Soybean is Everything, Part II
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Andrew Leonard
May 2023
A Supreme Court Pork Surprise
I am stunned and delighted to share with readers the news that this morning the Supreme Court upheld California’s law against the sale of pork sourced…
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Andrew Leonard
The Soybean is Everything
A tale of paradox and revelation. Part I
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Andrew Leonard
4
April 2023
Confessions of a Sierra Pale Ale Sinner
There is no escape from the dark workings of historical predetermination
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Andrew Leonard
4
Kunta Kinte and Taiwanese Democracy
How "Roots" changed the history of East Asia... at least for a little while
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Andrew Leonard
March 2023
February 2023
January 2023
The Original Sin of Competitive Feasting
From Neolithic dinner parties to the "vast, existential inequality" of the Shang, as told by culinary ware. Part III of The Annals of Bronze Age Fusion
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Andrew Leonard
2
The Phoenix-like Miracle of Coleus Resurrection
This is how the new year begins: with flowers, new pens, and the cleanest of slates
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Andrew Leonard
5
December 2022
When Cooking Pots Ruled China
Big dings, mortuary selfishness, and the mandate of heaven: Part II of The Annals of Bronze Age Fusion
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Andrew Leonard
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