How the Mexican pestles and mortars in American cookware stores are made. 1.

Yesterday, I went into a Crate and Barrel store in Austin, Texas. There, just to the right past the entrance, was a Mexican mortar and pestle (or, as it would…

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Grinding, Metates and Sex

Did I mention that  backbreaking labor was not the only burden borne by women who ground in Mexico? Now this gem (thanks to Michael Coon and Tacopedia on FB)  …

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Happy New Year, Andrew Sullivan, Pan de Semita, and Marcella Hazan

Happy New Year to all.  May it offer new vistas and joy in the everyday details of life. I was going to tell all about my new header, with the…

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