In the modern vernacular, a “hot take” is an opinion likely to cause controversy, usually because it is unpopular. Deployed ironically, the phrase suggests that an opinion is simplistic, moralizing, or otherwise banal. But sometimes a take might be, quite literally, very spicy! The peri-peri or bird’s eye chili depicted here is both spicy and a microcosm of colonial history, as Trishula Patel discusses in this issue. And if her article whets your appetite, in Perspectives Daily we had an entire summer series on food and foodways made to order!

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September 5, 2023

From the Editor

City Stratigraphy
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September 6, 2023

From the President

The Art of the Diamond
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September 7, 2023

Letters to the Editor

On “Journalists and Historians”
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September 7, 2023

Letters to the Editor

On the April Issue
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July 14, 2023

In Memoriam

Hedva Ben-Israel (1925–2023)
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June 16, 2023

In Memoriam

Peggy K. Liss (1927–2023)
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July 14, 2023

In Memoriam

Jeffrey Burton Russell (1934–2023)
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July 14, 2023

In Memoriam

George B. Stow Jr. (1940–2023)
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June 16, 2023

In Memoriam

Ivan M. Tribe (1940–2023)
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September 27, 2023

In Memoriam, Long Overdue

Yuji Ichioka (1936–2002)
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September 1, 2023

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September 8, 2023

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Enrico Dal Lago
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September 21, 2023

Perspectives Daily, Perspectives Summer Columns

(Re)visioning Past and Present
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September 22, 2023

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