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Every few weeks on this http://www.cookbook-l.com/ Lillian Clark, of Louis and Clark booksellers, posts a thematic, ruminative listing of some of the cookbooks she has for sale. Mainly American, some…

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Was Pulp Booze the First Use of Cacao? An Intriguing Hypothesis

Beer of cacao pulp? That’s what the residues on pots in Puerto Escondido in Honduras suggested to John S. Henderson and Rosemary A. Joyce of Cornell and the University of…

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Chocolate and Toasted Maize: What a Drink

Many countries still have drinks that go back deep into the past. One such is taxcalate from Chiapas in the far south of Mexico. Here’s the powder base: ground toasted…

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