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Christine Baumgarthuber

writes The Austerity Kitchen—where the alimentary is elementary. Her work has been featured by Dissent, Lapham's Quarterly Roundtable, MAX JOSEPH and Bon Appétit, and she has appeared on Heritage Radio Network's A Taste of the Past. She can be reached at theausteritykitchen [at] gmail [dot] com.

The Austerity Kitchen

Northern Exposure

By Christine BaumgarthuberAugust 30, 2012
A retired American judge learned that the summertime blues are unheard of in the land of the midnight sun
The Austerity Kitchen

The Way to Wealth

By Christine BaumgarthuberAugust 24, 2012
No dads wiser than the nation's founding fathers, as this bit of advice from Benjamin Franklin makes plain
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Blind Ambition

By Christine BaumgarthuberAugust 22, 2012
The sightless bell-ringer of the Scottish burg of Dumfries pursued a vision of industry that left his fellow townspeople blinking with disbelief
The Austerity Kitchen

Stomaching Inequality

By Christine BaumgarthuberAugust 15, 2012
Nicolas Chamfort saw life as one unending hunger game
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A Tragedy in Suet

By Christine BaumgarthuberAugust 10, 2012
Author and diet guru Vance Thompson believed that fat writers stood a slim chance of finding happiness
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A work of art by any standards ...

By Christine BaumgarthuberAugust 6, 2012
"Everything on a Japanese menu, from the soups to the hors d'oeuvres to the raw fish, is beautifully conceived."
The Austerity Kitchen

Full Fathom Five Thy Father Dines

By Christine BaumgarthuberAugust 3, 2012
The maiden voyage of the submarine The Argonaut represented to its passengers a submersion of the ordinary.
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The English Vice

By Christine BaumgarthuberJuly 31, 2012
The impertinence of "morning people"
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Fit Provender

By Christine BaumgarthuberJuly 27, 2012
“Why not throb with superior vitality!"
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Social Mechanism

By Christine BaumgarthuberJuly 23, 2012
The truth about piece in our time, any way you slice it.
The Austerity Kitchen

Slow Food

By Christine BaumgarthuberJuly 18, 2012
The delight of eating escargot was matched only by the pleasure of knowing you didn't have to shell out a lot for the meal.
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We were carousing till the second cock ...

By Christine BaumgarthuberJuly 13, 2012
"Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things ..."
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Ill-Starred Lives

By Christine BaumgarthuberJuly 10, 2012
Elephants Castor and Pollux went from marquee attractions to menu items during the seige of Paris in 1870.
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Ménage à Quatre

By Christine BaumgarthuberJuly 3, 2012
A legendary film director weighs in on overeating and intimacy.
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Gathering Light

By Christine BaumgarthuberJune 29, 2012
Life for Japan's firefly catchers was full of hard knocks.
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No morsel more delicious than a ripe book...

By Christine BaumgarthuberJune 26, 2012
"Bibliophiles are gastronomes, gourmets, gourmands, epicures..."

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