Escaping Rural Poverty
Walking 12 miles to sell a few bundles of firewood cut from the diminishing acres of woodland. Two or three weeks ago, readers sent in some fascinating reflections on Mexico’s…
Read moreFirst Encounters: French Food II
Silence, deathly silence. Then the conversation went back to where it had been five minutes before. What had I said that provoked such a hostile reaction? It was the late…
Read moreProtean Freshness
A few weeks ago I was in the Guanajuato Applebees (I know, seems incongruous, but there you are) waiting for a friend to turn up for breakfast. Menus are primary…
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