Latin American Cuisine: Unity Beyond the Nation
Every so often a cookbook comes along that offers a fresh vision of the world’s culinary geography, a vision that transcends national boundaries. In Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of…
Read moreThe Islamic Contribution to Mexican Cuisine
When Mexico’s leading writer, Nobel Prize laureate Octavio Paz, arrived in New Delhi in 1962 to take up his post as ambassador to India, he quickly ran across a culinary…
Read moreThe Sustainable Life in Rural Spain? Arribes and Arcadia
In my last post, I talked about the elite dream of Arcadia, a beautiful, peaceful land, close to nature and far from the pressures of city and political life. It’s…
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