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Who ground the chocolate? Not a trivial question

By Rachel Laudan February 13, 2011 Drink, Food History, Globalization Then and Now, Grinding, Mexican Food 12 Comments

Of all the difficult things to turn into food (and most plants and animals are difficult to turn into food), cacao beans and their processing rank way up there. Let’s…

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How are the mighty metates fallen!

By Rachel Laudan July 16, 2008 Grinding No Comments

Metates (“simple” grindstones) are one of my passions and I must post more on them. But today visiting the recently-opened archaeological site, Plazuelas, in the southern part of the state…

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