Lisa Bramen

Lisa Bramen

Lisa Bramen was a frequent contributor to Smithsonian.com's Food and Think blog. She is based in northern New York and is also an associate editor at Adirondack Life magazine.

Stories from this author

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What to Eat for Eid ul-Fitr

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Cotton: The Fabric of Our…Lunch?

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The Flap Over Foie Gras

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A Brief History of American Farm Labor

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Hawaiian Food — Beyond the Tiki Torches

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Is a Sugar Shortage Looming?

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Can Eating Healthy Be Bad for Your Health?

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Ramadan—A Moveable Fast

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Is it Safe to Eat Off Vintage Plates?

Answers for the flea market picker

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Woodstock—How to Feed 400,000 Hungry Hippies

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The Department of Weird Soft Drinks—Carbonated Milk

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The History of Chopsticks

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A History of Western Eating Utensils, From the Scandalous Fork to the Incredible Spork

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Ice Cream Chemistry

Ice cream is the Madonna of desserts

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Hunger for Freedom: Food in the Life of Nelson Mandela

A “gastro-political biography” traces what the Nobel Laureate ate throughout his life

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Fancy Fast Food

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Terrible Terroir

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Land of the Lost Food Traditions, Part III—the Midwest and Southwest

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Land of the Lost Food Traditions, Part II - The South

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Land of the Lost Food Traditions, Part I — the Northeast

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