Mending Woks. Uses of Woks in the Nineteenth Century
Donald Wagner, the expert on Chinese metallurgy, sent me a page he has put together on the historical and contemporary accounts and photos of the Chinese tinkers who mended woks.…
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For today, three items that add refreshing new perspectives to the often depressingly static battle lines about modern food with their proponents hunkered down in trenches. When I was at…
Read moreThe AfroMexican recipes from the Costa Chica of Guerrero
A couple of preliminaries. Now that I am on networked blogs on Facebook, I’m getting comments in both places. I planning on doing the substantive replies here. So to Diana…
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