The Cuisine of Mexican Convents
As someone once said to me, in the eighteenth century well-to-do Mexican families were as determined that one of their daughters become a nun in a major convent as twentieth-century…
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In Guanajuato, the state in central Mexico in which I live, the major newspaper AM has started running a business page on Mondays. Leon and Querétaro are not household names…
Read moreWhat Was That About Chinese Lactose Intolerance?
The Chinese Mengniu Dairy in Inner Mongolia is about to become one of the largest dairy farms in the world. It’s been in operation since 1999, trades on the Hong…
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