Afro-Mexican Cuisine: Getting Started on the Costa Chica

What would Afro-Mexican cuisine look like?  I always like to ask that question in advance of digging in to a new cuisine as a kind of test.  How much can…

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Soy Kikkoman

The Economist has a fascinating article on  Yuzaburo Mogi, head of Kikkoman, the company that makes soy sauce and much more.  He comes from one of the founding families of…

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Small Farms and Family Farms

Deep down Americans, at least those who have been born and raised in the States and gone to American schools, deep down they know that the family farm is  just…

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