Archaic Drinks: Pinole
Pinole gives me shivers up the spine. When I eat it or drink it, I am transported back through the millenia to travelers, warriors, muleteers. So what is pinole? To…
Read moreGlobal Migration of Dishes and Recipes IV
Here I’m continuing to muse on Richard Fletcher’s thought-provoking list of questions for an informal agenda for understanding conversion in The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity. I find his…
Read moreGuacamole Reaches Beverly Hills 1931
A friend just sent me a wonderful package of 1930s American cookbooks. Fashions in Foods in Beverly Hills published in 1931 by the Beverly Hills Womans Club is redolent of…
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