Two Great Deserts: Sonora and Arabia Deserta
A couple of days ago I finally got around to reading Gary Nabhan’s book Arab/American. I was entranced as Nabhan, best known for his work on the ecology of the…
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A young colleague from Nayarit just walked into my study with this huge bag of dried shrimp from her Pacific Coast state. Snuck a few, still chewy, not too salty.…
Read moreSmall Food Businesses as a Way Up in Mexico
Now let’s go up the social scale a bit and return to food. Every Monday the local paper AM runs a section called Valor Agregado (Added Value) about local León…
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