Grinding, Metates and Sex
Did I mention that backbreaking labor was not the only burden borne by women who ground in Mexico? Now this gem (thanks to Michael Coon and Tacopedia on FB) …
Read moreThe Clay Cooking Pots of Mexico
Just before I left Mexico, I picked up a lovely book, Barro y fuego: El arte de la alfarerÃa en Oaxaca (Clay and Fire: The Art of Pottery in Oaxaca)…
Read moreEggs up, chicken up, beans up: trouble looms for food politics in Mexico
I was surprised several years ago in Mexico to discover that a kilo of eggs cost about the same as a kilo of tortillas, somewhere around a dollar for either.…
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