The Islamic Contribution to Mexican Cuisine
When Mexico’s leading writer, Nobel Prize laureate Octavio Paz, arrived in New Delhi in 1962 to take up his post as ambassador to India, he quickly ran across a culinary…
Read moreThe Japanese as a Wheat-Eating Nation
Sorry, folks. I hit the publish on this before I meant to. In any case an interesting story in Slate. I’d actually put the beginnings of the Japanese move to…
Read moreCuisine and Language 7. Loan Words, Loan Ingredients
Linguists use the term loan words for terms borrowed from another language. Would this help clarify the discussion of what are popularly called “fusion cuisines?” The more I think about…
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