Burnt applesauce, plain turkey sandwiches, a two-quart serving of ice cream, and a yam so big it took fourteen people to carry it.
The Biggest Yam collects the best food writing, both serious and humorous, from The Bygone Bureau. There are no white tablecloths or tasting menus to be found: instead, see what it's like to partake in a traditional Micronesian pig roast or a Chilean bread riot; learn what baristas are really talking about behind the espresso machine; and discover what it means to think, talk, and write about food in today's world, where a meal is equal parts culture, science, ethics, and old-fashioned gastronomy.
The Bygone Bureau (www.bygonebureau.com) is an online arts and culture magazine, winner of Best New Blog at the SXSW Interactive Web Awards in 2009.
The Biggest Yam collects the best food writing, both serious and humorous, from The Bygone Bureau. There are no white tablecloths or tasting menus to be found: instead, see what it's like to partake in a traditional Micronesian pig roast or a Chilean bread riot; learn what baristas are really talking about behind the espresso machine; and discover what it means to think, talk, and write about food in today's world, where a meal is equal parts culture, science, ethics, and old-fashioned gastronomy.
The Bygone Bureau (www.bygonebureau.com) is an online arts and culture magazine, winner of Best New Blog at the SXSW Interactive Web Awards in 2009.
