When food disappears, more than flavor is lost

When food disappears, more than flavor is lost

Food can disappear without leaving an empty shelf behind. Sometimes, what vanishes is a particular variety of an apple, a crop grown by a handful of farmers or a traditional ingredient passed down through generations. That is the focus of culinary historian Sarah Lohman’s book “Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Foods”, which explores foods and food traditions at risk of disappearing across the United States. According to Lohman’s website, t…