Thanks to Alimentari, my local butcher and sandwich shop in Raleigh, NC, for stocking copies of my book

I wrote a short piece about beer in Mesopotamia for an issue of Ancient History magazine dedicated to ancient alcohol. Available for purchase now in print or digital at t.co/DPKX3MEgnb.

Thanks to @thezythophile.bsky.social for the positive review of my book as part of his detailed look at the Hymn to Ninkasi

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TL/DR: Everything you read about the Hymn to Ninkasi is completely wrong zythophile.co.uk/2024/09/27/n...

No, the ‘Hymn to Ninkasi’ is NOT a recipe for making Sumerian beer - Zythophile

It’s a claim you will find repeated in dozens – possibly hundreds – of places: that the so-called “Hymn to Ninkasi”, a poem in the Sumerian language to the goddess of beer, at least 3,900 years old, k...

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the book, and I appreciate the positive review. I look forward to digging down into your discussion of the Hymn in more depth soon

Thanks for coming! And glad you enjoyed the talk. I was really happy with the turnout and all the great questions

Thanks to Evan Kleiman for inviting me to discuss my new book on the Good Food podcast and radio show. Available online now or on KCRW in LA tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 14, 10–11am www.kcrw.com/culture/show...

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Nice! Thanks for posting the photo. I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks! The UK release date is Nov. 24

Thank you!

Thank you! I’m really glad you enjoyed it