From Moorish Chicken to Mestizo Chicken
For years I have been playing around with the Islamic contribution to Mexican cuisine. I was reminded of that during the last couple of days when Carolyn Nadeau spoke at…
Read moreMy 2016 Books on Food History and Politics
Some time ago, I read a blog post, I think by the expert on Vietnamese food Andrea Nguyen, which simply listed the cookbooks her friends had published that year. I…
Read moreThe Celebrity Cooks of the First Years of Television
Over the last month, with the help of many, many colleagues, I have been collecting brief biographies, u-tube videos, and books published by the women who achieved celebrity status in…
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