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CD and me

April 17, 2013 By Ying 9 Comments

Hello, friends. A couple of days ago, I saw a car driving very slowly around the car park of Portsmouth Olympic Harbour in Kingston. This isn't unusual. The harbour is always busy with runners, walkers, picnickers, coffee-drinkers, dog-walkers, cyclists, and all manner of casual idlers. The thing that caught my eye was the small dog trotting along beside the car. Yes, the dog's owner was "walking" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Do, Things I Read Tagged With: Dickens, Judith Flanders, London, Victorian working-class, Victoriana, walking

A coffee and “two thin”

April 10, 2013 By Ying 9 Comments

Hello, friends. At the grocery store recently, I was overwhelmed by the idea of how much energy goes into producing and packaging the food I eat. I bought a bunch of cilantro that was grown in California, with all the ground preparation, seeding, watering, weeding, and pest-deterring that farming entails. It was picked (hopefully by legal labour, not migrant children), washed, roots lopped off … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Read Tagged With: Judith Flanders, victorian, Victorian working-class

“How the Mid-Victorians Worked, Ate, and Died”

March 27, 2013 By Ying 2 Comments

Hello, friends. Today, I want to point you towards a super-interesting public-health article that analyzes (in broad strokes, obviously) the rural working-class Victorian diet. I don't know about you but when I think of Victorian cuisine, my first thoughts are of Mrs. Beeton, or else of Victorian celebrity chefs likes Alexis Soyer and Charles Elmé Francatelli. The food is elaborate, involved, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Read Tagged With: diet, food, health, Victorian working-class

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