Rachel Laudan

Many countries still have drinks that go back deep into the past. One such is taxcalate from Chiapas in the far south of Mexico. Here’s the powder base: ground toasted maize, ground cacao, and ground achiote (Bixa orellana, used in many societies for color and also flavor). It turns the mixture [...]

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. [...]