The Time of the Rains: A Mexican Prose Poem
Don Bruno in his milpa (corn, beans and squash) On the August 20, 2002, Don Bruno stood in my garden in Guanajuato, Mexico and delivered this wonderful prose poem. Rushing…
Read moreA Conference on Tamales and Atoles: All You Ever Wanted to Know about Them
There’s a conference today on tamales and atoles. Tamales, dumplings of ground corn (maize), usually enclosing a tasty little morsel, and usually wrapped in corn husks or banana leaves, have…
Read moreThe Gritter Board: Or How to Process Half-Dried Corn
Last week the latest issue of The Millstone: Journal of the Kentucky Old Mill Association arrived in my mail box. It included a reprint of an article by Martin Brooks…
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