Lest We Forget. Servants in the Kitchen

Last year I wrote a series of posts on servants in the kitchen. A reader asked me to put them together, so here goes. 1. Lest We Forget: Servants in…

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Lambs in Dark Sheds, Fed on Chalk and Dried Peas

More from Adam Balic.  A strong tonic to current nostalgia.  And something I’ll be following up. It is worth remembering how much “Starving in Spring” dominated peoples lives until very…

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Daily AfroMexican meals in the Costa Chica of Mexico

Here I’m translating from Francisca Aparicio Prudente’s ground breaking La Sazón de la cocina afromestiza de Guerrero. Or at least I am having a shot at translating because the region…

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