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Butterflies, the Sacrificed, and Fallen Warriors: For the Day of the Dead

By Rachel Laudan October 28, 2011 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Mexican Food No Comments

 A man who died on the killing stone or on the field of battle did not immediately dissolve into nothingness, or rather everythingness, which was the common fate. Instead for…

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I am totally . . . wait . . . escamoles (ant eggs)

By Rachel Laudan December 9, 2009 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Mexican Food 7 Comments

Escamoles. Palacio.  My laugh of the morning.  I know jokes are never the same when they have to be explained but this one says a good bit about Mexico and…

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