A Historian’s Take on Food and Food Politics
Yesterday an extraordinary half page advertisement appeared in Mexico City newspapers. This year 28 thousand tons of maize have been stolen from trucks or railroad cars. That’s enough maize to keep Mexico City in tortillas for a whole month. And with maize prices at around $280 a ton, it’s enough to keep the robbers in [...]
Maize is getting such bad press at the moment in the United States. But it is such a wonderful grain, so flexible, so many appealing products. Arepas, as you doubtless know, are the national dish, the daily bread of Venezuela (and other parts of Latin America). I’d had the Panamanian variety last year and was [...]
Here’s a really long overdue post, promised to Chef Lastino Apochito a year ago when I was visiting Panama City for the quite fascinating first Panamá Gastronómica. He approached me after a session on the Afro-Antillean cuisine to be found in Panamá. He was, he said, worried that his people, the Embera, were losing their [...]
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