Real-Time Argentine Protest Against Farm Policy
Well, as I was writing that last scholarly post about the twists and turns in ensaimada history, one huge row broke out around our apartment, horns honking, saucepans banging. Not…
Read moreThe Ensaimada Trail
For a couple of years, I’ve been interested in the ensaimada (the en-larded), a sweet bread associated with Mallorca and Minorca in Spain that also crops up in the Philippines.…
Read moreBakers, Anarchists, and Nineteenth-Century Argentina
Every so often I find my food historian hairs standing on end. This week was one of those times. The unlikely source was the Summer/Autumn 2008 issue of Time Out…
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