Tomato, black pepper and coffee

No, those aren’t the ingredients for some kind of wacky new dish. But they do offer some insights into the global realpolitik and social status of the food bizniss, past and present.

Thanks to Rachel Laudan for pointing to Lapham’s Quarterly, source of that infographic — you’ll want to click on it to see it bigger and better — and much else besides.

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