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Sesame Seed: From Mexico to the World

By Rachel Laudan September 12, 2010 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Taste 16 Comments

Just returned with a new jar of tahini from Café Jekemir, a delightful chain of Lebanese-Mexican coffee shops that have been in business since the 1930s here in Mexico City.…

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Agua Fresca 18. Venezuelan Horchata de Ajonjolí (Sesame)

By Rachel Laudan October 6, 2008 Drink, Globalization Then and Now 9 Comments

Mariana Gómez, an anthropologist/sociologist wh teaches at the University of Zulia in Venezuela, sent me this letter in which she describes Venezuelan horchata. This version is made from sesame seeds.…

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