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Miranda Brown

@muda.bsky.social

Author of Dumpling Therapy (St. Martins, 2027). U of Michigan historian of food. Mommy. Half Chinese; 100% Californian. Chinesefoodhistory.org. Newsletter; @thecuriouseater Insta: @thecuriouseaterwrites

63 Followers | 57 Following | 20 Posts | Joined: 27.08.2023 | 1.4726

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In my latest Substack post, I talked about the pressure to perform #chinesenewyear #lunarnewyear in a world that grinds on, and with children with "judgy tummies." Like it, subscribe for free to the Curious Eater, which gives you #foodhist and #food twice a week.

13.02.2026 18:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A Taste of Transgression Beef Eating in Premodern China

Curious whether beef was ever taboo in China? Check out this free substack, the Curious Eater. With recipe!
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10.02.2026 15:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

On Bread and Butter A Reflection on the Gustatory Dimensions of Salvation

Curious about eating your way of salvation? Check out the second installment of the newsletter:
thecuriouseater.substack.com/p/on-bread-a...

30.01.2026 20:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A picture of a church that was once a mosque. Cordoba Spain. Photograph by author.

My newsletter and first post is up! Subscribe to my Substack newsletter @thecuriouseater substack.com/@thecuriouse...

25.01.2026 20:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Subscribe to Miranda Brown Historian of food. Mommy. U of Michigan prof. Half Chinese. 100% Californian. Click to read Miranda Brown, a Substack publication. Launched a few seconds ago.

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25.01.2026 19:27 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Tummy Troubles: When Chinese Healers Administered Milk | Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊 | Cambridge Core Tummy Troubles: When Chinese Healers Administered Milk

Hot off the presses--and yes, this *is* open access! For those of you who want to know more about #milk and #medicine and #Chinesefood #TCM

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

24.01.2026 21:14 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Yep!

09.12.2025 00:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Delhi Street Food Traces Flavors to Sultan’s Cookbook From samosas to halva and more, centuries-old cookbook recipes still ripple across South Asia, from kitchens to street stalls to celebratory tables, preserving centuries of technique and taste.

@aewbank.bsky.social Reminds me of the time you and I did the cookbook story! www.aramcoworld.com/articles/202...

08.12.2025 12:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

His response: "Still looks good, even better now."

29.11.2025 13:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hah! That's my cousin. I'll send him that post:-)

28.11.2025 22:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Can anyone tell me what this is?

29.04.2025 19:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy New Year!

29.01.2025 17:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Stanford professor paid $600/hr for expertise accused of using ChatGPT Stanford professor Jeff Hancock, in a court case over banning deepfakes, appears to have made up two journal articles. He is an expert on misinformation.

It was only a matter of time, I guess. More to come.

www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

25.11.2024 02:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Haven't had a chance yet to really give it a run. But soon, as soon as I can get some content up. I'll be excited to steer clear of on-line negativity.

20.11.2024 17:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hey there, Mike!

20.11.2024 13:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Exactly. I remember there being pears and cottage cheese:-) Prob mayo and cool whip...

16.11.2024 01:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My Cantonese mother was obsessed with the lime & cottage cheese salad that she got when delivering my sister in the hospital in 1977. So I'm excited to see what you come up with!

15.11.2024 22:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

#GeneralTso arrives in #Thailand #chinesefood #ChineseAmericanfood #Thaifood

11.11.2024 19:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My latest foray into public writing...

literaryreview.co.uk/from-millet-...

01.09.2023 14:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Apologize for the self promotion - my conversation with Into the Curdverse #dairy #Chinesefood #foodhist #milk

open.spotify.com/episode/2iyJ...

29.08.2023 11:25 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@muda is following 19 prominent accounts

Über-woke, net-zeroist, rejoinerism STP
@salutethepig.berlin

Porcine things. Bring about an anarcho-syndicalist world. Move slow & make tasty things; with hob & knife & bubbling ferments. Missing Kent seas. CO₂ 314.8ppm. Sober since 1st Sep '24 “We are all Palestine Action". Help Gaza https://www.map.org.uk

Beestrot 👨‍🍳
@beestrot.com

Great recipes from around the world, cooking tips that actually help, fresh food news every week, and fun quizzes for curious food lovers. If you like to cook, eat, or just learn something new in the kitchen—follow along! 🌐 https://beestrot.com

Andrew West 魏安
@babelstone.co.uk

Independent researcher of Tangut, Khitan, and Jurchen. Developer of BabelPad and BabelMap. Maintainer of BabelStone Han font. Responsible for adding over 10,000 characters to the Unicode Standard. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2063-7389

Dr David Canty
@drdavidcanty

Academic Cardiac and Mobile Anaesthetist | University of Melbourne and Medical School | Medical Director of Sleep Dentistry Services | Day Care Anaesthesia Special Interest Committee 🌐 www.sleepdentistryservices.com.au 📞 0429 058 878

VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner
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The best online Vegetable Garden & Allotment planning software to get you organised in the garden. Fully featured garden planner vegplotter.com Frost dates and growing zone calculator frostdates.com

Trending - World
@trendingworld

We post the main Bluesky trending topics in the world every 30 minutes. There are usage tips in the pinned post 🌱🌎 @terraprotege.bsky.social

John Donegan
@johndonegan

TTRPG Fantasy & sci fi geek, works in Leeds City Council's International Relations Team, does acupuncture and tuina, teaches tai chi and talks about food

Elli Anderson 🌊💙🇺🇸
@ellilanderson

News and politics enthusiast. NEVER TRUMPER 🇺🇦 Wife & mom fueled by caffeine ☕️ and savoring the rare peaceful 🧘‍♀️ moment in the garden 🌺 or by the seaside 🌊 ⭐Unsolicited DMs = Blocked #Pinks #Women

Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
@mstanleybaker

Asst. Prof Nanyang Technological U #Sinology #ChineseMedicine #ChineseReligion #MedicalHumanities #DigitalHumanities #histsci #histmed https://tinyurl.com/msbatntu http://polyglotasianmedicine.com

The Atlantic
@theatlantic.com

Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com

Ross Andersen
@rossandersen

Staff Writer at The Atlantic // Working on a book for Random House // Rep’d by Elyse Cheney // ross@theatlantic.com

jenduende
@jenduende

Senior editor, The Atlantic. New York Times + Washington Post alum. 2012-13 Nieman fellow. Occasional writer, always a dancer.

The New Yorker
@newyorker.com

Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM Follow The New Yorker’s writers and contributors: https://go.bsky.app/Gh5bFwS

John Ma 🇺🇦
@nakhthor

Chinese-American anc historian, Columbia. Antiochos III & the Cities of W Asia Minor (1999), Statues & Cities (2013), Aršāma and his World (2020, co-ed), Polis: A New History (2024). Guggenheim Fellow.

Xiao-bin Ji
@xiaobinji

Historian, husband, dad. Deeply impacted by Covid.

Tristan Brown
@tristangbrown

Associate Professor of Chinese History @MIT

Tom Mazanec
@tommazanec

Author, Poet-Monks (Cornell UP). Assoc prof at UC Santa Barbara. Premodern Chinese lit & religion, translation, digital humanities. JAOS editor. Father of 2. Cantonese learner. Christ follower. https://eastasian.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/thomas-mazanec

Lorraine Wilcox
@l-wilcox

Chinese medicine, translation, the old books, making herbal medicine, case studies, cats, crows

Fabio Lanza
@lanzafab

Historian of Modern China, Italian, food obsessed.