The Islamic Contribution to Mexican Cuisine
When Mexico’s leading writer, Nobel Prize laureate Octavio Paz, arrived in New Delhi in 1962 to take up his post as ambassador to India, he quickly ran across a culinary…
Read moreOf Cowboys and Indians and Nineteenth-Century America
What could be more American than gliding along perfect roads at eighty mph, roads so perfect that the dry, rocky terrain slips past like a movie? I’ve been doing a…
Read moreSleuthing Foreign Ingredients in a Colombian Supermarket
It’s always fun when you travel to seek out the traditional foods of a country. It’s just as intriguing to root around grocery stores and restaurants to see what is…
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