When I taught at the University of Hawai‘i in the 1980s, I often wandered into the university bookstore during the lunch hour. Always on the shelf of local cookbooks was…
Read moreEggs up, chicken up, beans up: trouble looms for food politics in Mexico
I was surprised several years ago in Mexico to discover that a kilo of eggs cost about the same as a kilo of tortillas, somewhere around a dollar for either.…
Read moreStreet Food: How to Think About It
If anyone knows about street food it’s Robyn Eckhardt of Eating Asia (link below). I am a big fan of street food for a number of reasons, but I’m as…
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