Pasta, Vermicelli or Fideos. Ah Ha.

An ah ha moment.  I was re-reading the best book we have on the history of pasta, Pasta The Story of a Universal Food, by Silvano Serventi and Francoise Sabban…

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Afro-Mexican Cuisine: Black Eyed Peas in Guanajuato

In the market in Silao, Mexico, the very geographic center of Mexico, ten miles south of the the city of Guanajuato in the State of Guanajuato, the semilleros (seed shops)…

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A mess of links

Don’t rely on your doctor for nutritional advice. And new evidence pushing back the domestication of maize. And fresh recipes from different parts of Africa. Good background on academic history…

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