Inspiring People and Their Food: Jane Grigson

Cookbooks don’t travel well. So those who are not English may never have heard of Jane Grigson. That’s a pity. She was one of the great cookbook authors of the…

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Agua Fresca 1: Limonada

Agua frescas are one of the great joys of the Mexican kitchen. There’s not a really good English translation. Sometimes you see fruit waters, sometimes you see coolers, but both…

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Pig Slaughtering in Portugal

Traditional pig slaughtering in Portugal is one of the main themes on the web page of Portuguese anthropologist, Sandra Nogueira. It’s a web site well worth looking at and if…

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