Gourmet and the Ghetto
My Article on the Foodification of Rome's Historic Jewish Quarter, for issue 23.3 of Gastronomica
Field Notes by Sean Wyer
A newsletter that is often about lunch, but sometimes about other necessities: drinking, reading, and hanging out. In London, but occasionally in Wales and in Italy.
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