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COPYRIGHT 2005 Natural History Magazine, Inc.
[Balanophagy, "acorn eating, from the Greek balanos, "acorn" + phagein, "to eat"]
Oaks have been cut down without a thought around the world for the past 3,000 years, but they are not forgotten as a source of foodstuff everywhere, or by everyone. My own culinary adventures with the acorn began with a walk I took in the heart of New York City's Little Korea, on Thirty-second Street in midtown Manhattan. In the biggest Korean market in the city, when I asked whether there were any foods made from acorns, I drew a mystified look from the sales girl. I rummaged around in my change...
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