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When Gilly met Claude

Claude considers the anchovy

in a trans human world

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gilly smith
Jun 12, 2026
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Me: Hi Claude,

I’ve got an episode of Cooking the Books next week with Sudi Pigott whose book Consider the Anchovy is a wonderful odyssey into a dish that’s been enjoyed for centuries.

The stories she tells of everything from their place in various cultures around the world to the unchanged methods of catching them …

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