Greek Pig Slaughtering, Shoes, and Chicharrón
I really don’t have pig slaughtering on the brain, though it seems to keep coming up on this blog. Here’s an interesting description of pig slaughtering on one of the…
Read moreMushrooms in Pre-Hispanic Mexico
As usual, I’ll be out of Mexico City for this talk “The Third Resource in the Mesoamerican Diet: Mushrooms.” But if you are here, this is not to be missed.
Read moreFuel, Water, and Pasta
As a historian, I’ve always been puzzled by the instructions for cooking pasta. Bring 4 to 6 quarts of water to a rolling boil . . . and so on. …
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