Mending Woks. Uses of Woks in the Nineteenth Century
Donald Wagner, the expert on Chinese metallurgy, sent me a page he has put together on the historical and contemporary accounts and photos of the Chinese tinkers who mended woks.…
Read moreBack in Town
Thanks for all the comments. I’ll be getting to them shortly. A couple of days out of town, always fun, somehow interrupts my blogging more than it should. And keep…
Read moreHard Choices: Tortillas de Maiz or Tortillas de Maseca
The NY Times today had an article on (finally) a place in New York that is making tortillas from maize not from Maseca. If that sounds like double dutch to…
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