What’s happening to Mexico’s traditional markets?

 Mexico City’s neighborhood markets, the rowdy, smelly vibrant landmarks of concrete and corrugated tin that sell everything from cactus salads to pinatas, are struggling as more Mexicans migrate to the…

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200 Years of Latin American Culinary Nationalism

In a couple of weeks, I’m off to what should be a really interesting conference on nationalism and cuisine in Latin America. For the first time ever, historians and anthropologists…

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May 1st Day of the Torta Maker, in Case You Forgot

Tortas are those rolls bulging with beans, avocado, jalapeño, cheese, meats and pretty much what the imagination allows that you can buy on street corners in Mexico (and that is…

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