Root: Historic Food for the Modern World

Root: Historic Food for the Modern World

Mourning meals

How Living Foods Show up in our Rituals for the Dead

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Julia Skinner
Oct 04, 2021
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The Halloween decorations in my neighbors' yards this year are very heavy on the plastic tombstones. Emblazoned with humorous messages, it's unclear if they were chosen deliberately by multiple households or if they're a choice of convenience: Perhaps the most appealing offering at the hardware store.

The sudden preponderance of them sparked my curiosity…

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