Tamales: From The Cause of Crime to the Cause of Celebration at Candelaria

In Mexico, Candelaria is an important holiday. Above all, it’s the day for tamales, steamed, usually stuffed maize dumplings  (unlike in the United States where tamales are now for Christmas).…

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In Praise of Bland Food

7am.  Facebook.  A post pops up on how to make a chocolate-covered bacon shot glass for your whiskey. I must have missed this phenomenon because when I googled “chocolate-covered bacon…

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Was the Agricultural Revolution a Terrible Mistake? Not If You Take Food Processing Into Account

The agriculture-as disaster theory rests, at least in part, on ignoring the work involved importance of processing and cooking food

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