Cuisine & Language 3. Families and Subfamilies of Cuisine

Linguists group languages into families and subfamilies. Is it possible to do the same with cuisines?  What would those families and subfamilies be? For a linguist, language families are related…

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Couscous. Can’t-Miss Festival and Origins of Mexican Couscous

I’m green with envy.  I would give anything to be in Los Angeles on the 16th and 17th October, for the  couscous festival, run by Susan Ji-Young Park, a frequent…

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Sesame Seed: From Mexico to the World

Just returned with a new jar of tahini from Café Jekemir, a delightful chain of Lebanese-Mexican coffee shops that have been in business since the 1930s here in Mexico City.…

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