The Flowering of Flour 14,000 Years Ago

The Flowering of Flour 14,000 Years Ago

“Bread-like” foodstuffs were being made about 14,000 years ago, well before farming was well established. This according to a paper just published by Amaia Arranz-Otaegui and colleagues in a paper…

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Fruits of the Oven: Pastries

Today I’m posting a piece, “Letter from Mexico: Fruits of the Oven” that I wrote back in 2001 about a visit to a traditional bakery that made frutas de horno (pastries)…

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