More on Getting out of Poverty in Mexico

I’d like to expand a bit on Mexico Cooks (a quite gorgeous and informative blog by the way) comment on microloans and on the Mexican poor in general which she…

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The Question of Small Loans

A bit out of my area, but I’ve enjoyed reading about the empirical studies that are now beginning to come in about microfinance.  Microloans sounded so good, so easy. Now…

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Julia and Elizabeth: Ladies of Power

OK, I did read Mastering from cover to cover–many times. OK, before that I had read French Provincial Cooking, well, a lot more than I ever read Mastering. Now I…

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