Mexican-American Flappers-Lazy at the Metate
Flappers with bobbed hair in 1920s America were not just Anglos. Mexican Americans in Texas also bobbed their hair. Here’s a translation of a song, Las Pelonas, the bobbed hairs. …
Read moreCuisine and Language 6. Death, Change, Birth
Rolling right along with the series on what culinary historians might learn from linguists, see the background at the end of this post. Languages die out. The world is littered…
Read morePuffed Rice and the Sacred Fire
Ammini Ramachandran, who knows so much about the food of Kerala in India, compares puffed rice to popcorn. The techniques are similar. Reminded me of how in India we used…
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