Eugene Wei listens to a podcast (Econtalk) with a fascinating guest (Rachel Laudan, author of Cuisine and Empire) and writes it up in an impressive way. One liner by Wei that should stand alone: “You can generate your own scarcity just by having a broad palate.” But Laudan’s argument that French haute cuisine conquered the world because of diplomacy is at least as good.
Category: Diplomacy
The More Things Change…
“Secretary of State Seward also seized the new tools of diplomacy, publishing his official dispatches for their public-relations value.” – – Kevin Peraino, Lincoln in the World, p. 7