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Dear Diary: It’s Me, Mark. I’m in Awe.

Published February 28, 2024

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Plus, Patrick Joyce is today’s guest on ​Food with Mark Bittman

Zhupu Altar, Keelung, Taiwan. Photo: Mark Bittman

Our guest on ​Food with Mark Bittman​ today is ​Patrick Joyce​, who is a leading British social historian and the author of ​Remembering Peasants: A Personal History of a Vanished World​, which just came out last week.

Listen to Patrick Joyce on Food with Mark Bittman
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Joyce is actually descended from Irish peasants, and weaves personal stories — as well as the stories of many others — into his rich commemoration of this group of people that, as he says, and rightfully so, holds up our society, but that has all but vanished. I listened back to this interview yesterday and I wasn’t surprised that I didn’t talk much – I was too busy listening and processing, and I bet many of you will do the same. And now: Mark and Kathleen are on a three-month trip to far-flung sites around the world. We’ll be publishing bulletins from them as they go. — kb

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