Cuisine and Conquest: Mole
I’m writing this in response to Juan’s interesting comment on my argument about mole. He argues that there was mutual influence. I want to say yes, and yes but .…
Read moreA Week’s Eating in Mexico
Although I live in Mexico so that Mexican themes come up, Mexican food is not the focus of this blog. But I did do a guest blog last week on…
Read moreWhy are Americans Eating Spicier Food?
This question prompted much discussion on Marginal Revolution, the blog run by economists Tyler Cowan and Alex Tabarrok. No one much liked the hypothesis of the study under discussion: that…
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