Thoughts on Culinary Nationalism in Latin America, Guadalajara 2011

Here, in no particular order, are some of the comments on culinary nationalism in Latin America that I found interesting.  All authors credited.  I hope they will correct me if…

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Maize, glorious maize. Arepas this time.

Maize is getting such bad press at the moment in the United States.  But it is such a wonderful grain, so flexible, so many appealing products. Arepas, as you doubtless…

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What to Do about the Food of the Poor: Mexico City 1940s and 50s

Sandra Aguilar, a Mexican friend who is completing a Ph.D. at the University of Manchester, just sent me a paper she published this month in The Americas called “Cooking Modernity:…

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