Maize, glorious maize. Arepas this time.

Maize is getting such bad press at the moment in the United States.  But it is such a wonderful grain, so flexible, so many appealing products. Arepas, as you doubtless…

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200 Years of Culinary Nationalism in Latin America. Overview.

  Last night I returned, exhausted, from three days at the conference on 200 Years of Culinary Nationalism in Latin America in Guadalajara. It was excellent, even better than I…

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Tamales, Haggis and Culinary Nationalism

    I’m just off to Guadalajara for the conference on culinary nationalism that I mentioned a few posts back.  I am really looking forward to talking with a group…

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