Tamales for Candelaria in Mexico
It’s Candelaria. The 2nd of February. The midpoint between the winter equinox and the spring solstice. Originally known as Candlemas in English, for the blessing of candles in the church,…
Read moreAdding Water when Grinding Masa
And here’s one from Jane Lukens. I’m somehow very attracted to corn, to masa and to all Mexican things that can be cooked from it. After destroying a number of…
Read moreCorn (Maize) Production and Importation in Contemporary Mexico
So much of food politics swirls around corn at the moment: denunciations of corn as the cause of growing obesity or the poster child for agribusiness; the problems of CM…
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