Culinary heritage: Embera cuisine (Panamá)
Here’s a really long overdue post, promised to Chef Lastino Apochito a year ago when I was visiting Panama City for the quite fascinating first Panamá Gastronómica. He approached me…
Read moreHow Mexicans are escaping rural poverty (and not going north)
The New York Times a couple of days ago had a long and well researched article on the slowing of Mexican migration to the United States. Yeah. Mexican…
Read moreThe true history of Catalan canelons
Or at least as true as I can make it. A hundred years ago, Barcelona was booming, textiles factories were spinning, the well-to-do had a social round of balls, country…
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