Christmas Eve in Guanajuato

Proof, if it were needed, of vast differences in Mexican cuisines. 1.  A family in a rancho, a biggish village, about 10 miles from Guanajuato. For the evening meal on…

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Pinole. A Gift for Christmas

Happy Christmas to all and especially to all those who have commented on my blog this year. Just yesterday Sra Cruz Reyes Ramos sent me this wonderful story about pinole…

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100,000 years and counting–for eating grains, that is

Caption: These are Middle Stone Age food processing tools recovered from the Ngalue cave site, Mozambique. Credit: Grady Semmens, University of Calgary Usage Restrictions: None It used to be the…

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