A Critique of the Mediterranean Diet. And More by a Spanish Food Historian

Mr Keys* and his Spanish friends located in the United States dedicated themselves to promoting the benefits of a [Mediterranean] diet that was only strictly followed in Crete and that…

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Gone Missing: 28,000 Tons of Maize in Mexico

Yesterday an extraordinary half page advertisement appeared in Mexico City newspapers.  This year 28 thousand tons of maize have been stolen from trucks or railroad cars.  That’s enough maize to…

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Who’s a farmer?

Farmers are now good news.  When I was a kid they were not.  They were hicks, people with dirt under their fingernails. Now they are honored.  But which farmers?  Here’s…

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