Chocolate and Toasted Maize: What a Drink
Many countries still have drinks that go back deep into the past. One such is taxcalate from Chiapas in the far south of Mexico. Here’s the powder base: ground toasted…
Read moreCleaning Up: Vultures in India
A little teeny consequence of eating is that it produces tons of of garbage. There’s the regular garbage, of course. But that’s just the beginning. There are all the stalks…
Read moreWhat to Do about the Food of the Poor: Mexico City 1940s and 50s
Sandra Aguilar, a Mexican friend who is completing a Ph.D. at the University of Manchester, just sent me a paper she published this month in The Americas called “Cooking Modernity:…
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