This literary pilgrimage through Oxford, Jackson, and Natchez reveals the homes, bookstores, and landscapes that shaped generations of American authors.
Odysseus faced the cyclops, his men turned into pigs, and he sailed between a six-headed monster and a whirlpool. Each of these, it turns out, have potential real-life explanations.
A generation after casu marzu was banned across Europe, artisanal cheesemakers in Sardinia still elevate the controversial technique into a culinary art form.