Is a Taco (or a Quesadilla) a Sandwich?
Leena Trivedi-Grenier (one of the wonderful graduates of the Le Cordon Bleu Graduate Program in Gastronomy run by University of Adelaide and author of a lively blog), wrote to ask…
Read moreHow to grind maize for tortillas on a metate (simple grindstone)
My comrade-in-culinary-arms, Ken Albala asked for hints on grinding maize for tortillas on a metate. First, for those of you who don’t know what a tortilla is, it is the…
Read moreCebadina revisited yet again
Blogs are very funny things. For the last few days, the most popular has been a post on the famous malasadas of the Punahou carnival in Hawaii, malasadas that Obama…
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