A Historian’s Take on Food and Food Politics
Scott Kilman in the Wall Street Journal sets rising grain prices in a context wider than biofuels. It’s the demand in Asia and Latin America for meat that drives much of this increase. I live just a few miles from the Mexican Bajio that for centuries has provided grain for humans and animals. [...]
Alimentación prehispánica: Legado milenario de sabores y saberes
A great series with many of Mexico’s most distinguished food scholars
Del miércoles 26 de septiembre al 28 de noviembre de 18:00 a 20:00 hrs.
26 de septiembre
Introducción al universo de cultura alimentaria prehispánica
Luis Alberto Vargas
3 de octubre
La milpa
Robert Bye
10 de octubre
La historia de la humanidad es [...]
You go to the big supermarket, Mega, in Guanajuato, Mexico and pick up some crisp asparagus. Not such a surprise because for the last fifteen or twenty years this region has grown lots of asparagus, mainly for export to the United States either frozen or fresh. Some of this naturally finds its way [...]
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