The science and culture of maize in Mexico
An interesting program if you happen to be in Mexico City (click on the image a couple of times and you will see it full size).
Migrating with a Millstone around the Neck: Italian-Mexicans
Well, not around the neck but from the village in Italy, on to the ship, off load and reload in railroad cars, and then off load and slog up the mountain trails with a mule train.
This object, in the central highland of Veracruz, Mexico (near Huatusco)is, believe it or not, a mill for grinding maize [...]
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The January 2007 “Tortilla Riots” in Mexico. Really?
I’ve been biting my tongue (or restraining my fingers) for months now. But yesterday an article in the New York Times once again took the protests in Mexico City against the price of tortillas as symptomatic of the unrest that is likely to occur worldwide as the result of biofuels, rising maize prices, etc. [...]
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