Daily AfroMexican meals in the Costa Chica of Mexico
Here I’m translating from Francisca Aparicio Prudente’s ground breaking La Sazón de la cocina afromestiza de Guerrero. Or at least I am having a shot at translating because the region…
Read moreThe End of Fasting: A Culinary Experiment
As a historian, I’ve always got an eye cocked for contemporary examples of changing ways of cooking and eating. Often these are creeping and gradual. But every so often something…
Read moreIs it safe in Mexico?
I’m asked this by friends all the time so I’ve finally decided to give in and blog about the situation as I perceive it. Nothing whatever to do with food…
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