Servants in the Kitchen: They Have A History Too

Servants in the Kitchen: They Have A History Too

With the rise in the middle class, there was a rise in the one or two servant household. And then this fell again.

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Servants in the Kitchen: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t

Some years ago, Saveur magazine, which was running a series on kitchens, asked to include my kitchen in Mexico. I wrote and re-wrote a short piece and they sent a…

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Can Traditional Cuisines Survive Without Servants?

No, says the Economist, talking about Brazilian (and by extension) many other traditional cuisines. Ready meals will become more popular: Brazilians still cook most meals from scratch, even though the…

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