Agua Fresca 6: Pungent, Spicy Limonadas
About time for another agua fresca. Or a couple actually, based on that old staple limonada but spiced up. In Mexico, limonada is always made with what in the United…
Read moreThe Japanese Butter Shortage: Changing Tastes and the Food Crisis
The Japanese are short of butter and considering emergency imports, according to the Wall Street Journal. How the worm turns, at least on the biggish historical scale. A hundred and…
Read moreLest We Forget: Servants in Culinary History
Today the question of servants is an embarrassing one. We pussyfoot around the very mention of the word “servant.” It’s just so politically incorrect. Few people in modern America or…
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