Nineteenth-century Puerto Rican cuisine in the Spanish world

I’d wanted to meet Cruz Ortíz for several years after reading his excellent book Puerto Rico en la olla:¿somos aún lo que comimos? (Madrid: Doce Calles, 2006).  In that, he…

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The rising social status of tequila in Mexico

  A follow up to the last post. Complete with Mexican canapés.

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Thoughts on Culinary Nationalism in Latin America, Guadalajara 2011

Here, in no particular order, are some of the comments on culinary nationalism in Latin America that I found interesting.  All authors credited.  I hope they will correct me if…

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