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Founded in 2017, Whetstone Magazine is an independently published print and digital publication about global food origins, culture, and culinary anthropology.

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WELCOME TO WHETSTONE VOLUME 7!

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Thatch & Grain • In Japan’s Iya Valley, buckwheat means resilience.

Bombay Duck in Mumbai and Beyond • Making friends with the fish that’s become synonymous with India’s financial capital.

The Pig, the Farmer, the Butcher • As the Czech Republic has undergone political changes, so has the status of this porcine breed.

Chocolate-Tea: A Jamaican Legacy • Wrapped in this hot beverage is the story of a land ripe for farming, the people who took advantage of it and those who are reclaiming tradition.

Alma’s Chocolate-tea

Reconsider the Oyster • In Taiwan, the shellfish has typically been farmed and sold for cheap. Today, entrepreneurs look to change that.

Climate Cuisine • Amid a changing climate, an exploration of how sustainable ingredients can take on many wondrous forms in cultures around the world. Hosted by Taiwan-based food journalist Clarissa Wei.

Focused on the source. • 100% Organic Cotton, fair grown and sewn in the USA.

The Herring Ladies of Sitka Sound • These fish signal the return of spring. For the people who collect and prize it, their roe is ‘the center of our universe.’

Stirred + Stewed

Folded in Layers of Dough • Burek or börek takes on many forms across Turkey and into the Balkans, millennia of history and migration baked into its thin sheets.

A Feast of Insects & Cacti • To save their heritage, Hñähñu women in Hidalgo, Mexico, reveal secret recipes made from foraged ingredients.

Carob: The Forgotten Relative • Even in its Mediterranean home, this legume suffers from its reputation as a hippie alternative to chocolate, but a growing number of people are celebrating its history and heritage.

QUINOA THE MOTHER GRAIN

Welcome to Whetstone Radio Collective • Whetstone Radio Collective is the world’s largest on-demand audio network dedicated to food. WRC offers a distinctive series of original podcasts focused on global foodways, bringing diverse narrative-based audio stories shared through the lens of food anthropology.