What to Do about the Food of the Poor: Mexico City 1940s and 50s

Sandra Aguilar, a Mexican friend who is completing a Ph.D. at the University of Manchester, just sent me a paper she published this month in The Americas called “Cooking Modernity:…

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Hospital Food in Mexico

A few days ago I found myself in hospital for a couple of days. Being out of control of one’s life is not pleasant. Nor is being out of control…

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Slaughterhouse Problems

We hear so much about the problems of the big US slaughterhouses that it’s easy to forget that small ones are not necessarily ideal either. This November the political leaders…

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