Foie Gras and Gastronomical Heritage

“Foie gras belongs to the protected cultural and gastronomical heritage of France”, according to French law (French rural code L654-27-1). Hmm.  Go read Michaela DeSoucey’s article on gastronationalism in the…

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How to Make 3-D Gelatina

Several readers have asked where they can go to learn how to make the utterly amazing gelatinas they have seen in Mexico, like this captured in time cake, glorious flowers,…

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Alcuscuz de maiz (Couscous of corn) in early nineteenth-century Mexico

You know, you read in cookbooks that this or that is the real or the best or the most authentic recipe for a certain dish.  Then the more you poke…

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