Pinole. A Gift for Christmas
Happy Christmas to all and especially to all those who have commented on my blog this year. Just yesterday Sra Cruz Reyes Ramos sent me this wonderful story about pinole…
Read moreWhy 1492 is a non-event in culinary history
Ok, what do I mean by culinary history? Culinary (from the Latin culina, kitchen) history traces the history of the (guess) the kitchen or more generally, the techniques used to…
Read moreWhich fruit was the biggest illegal in the US?
Yup. The humble tejocote (teh-HO-cot-ay). In a great article in the LA Times, fruit expert David Karp explains why this was and how it is changing.
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