Sesame Seed: From Mexico to the World
Just returned with a new jar of tahini from Café Jekemir, a delightful chain of Lebanese-Mexican coffee shops that have been in business since the 1930s here in Mexico City.…
Read moreHunger, Bread, Free Trade, and the Moral Consumer
Samuel Palmer, Gleaning for Wheat under a Harvest Moon, 1833 from Feasts and Festivals Sometimes things just come together. Last week I spent a good bit of time at a…
Read moreIt’s a . . ? It’s a Brown Tomato
It’s a brown tomato. It came in a plastic box with half a dozen confreres at my local Wal-Mart in Mexico City. Inside it’s still brownish. Tastes fine. Disconcerting, a…
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