Mexico as Mestizo
As I said in my last post, last fall I attended three events on Mexico at the University of Texas at Austin which have, a year later, provoked this series…
Read moreDo Emigrants Create National (or Regional) Cuisines?
I think in some cases emigrants do create national or regional cuisines. They create them in their new countries. And then they introduce them to their home countries. Not always,…
Read moreWhy You Should Be Interested in Barbara Santich’s History of Australian Cuisine
In a nutshell. Because it’s part of the history of Anglo cuisine. Between 1790 and 1930, the number of Anglos (that is, English speakers, including Americans) increased sixteen-fold, from 12…
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