Was food exchanged in the Columbian Exchange?
From Ken Albala Rachel, You’re right about immediate impact, it takes several centuries for New World plants to really transform Europe – eventually they do. But more interesting is the…
Read moreOf sardines, sardine sandwiches, and much more
Sardines–look at the little dears nestled in their can bathed in olive oil–are one of the more curious of the world’s foods. They are one of that select group of…
Read morePuddings in comtemporary Mexico
One last post on this and I will shut up. In Ricardo Muñoz’s great Diccionaria enciclopedica de la gastronomía mexicana (2000), it’s clear that the budín/pudín distinction is no longer…
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