How the Mexican pestles and mortars in American cookware stores are made. 1.
Yesterday, I went into a Crate and Barrel store in Austin, Texas. There, just to the right past the entrance, was a Mexican mortar and pestle (or, as it would…
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What could be more American than gliding along perfect roads at eighty mph, roads so perfect that the dry, rocky terrain slips past like a movie? I’ve been doing a…
Read moreThe Baguette as Marker of the French Empire
After a year of sparse postings, I am now eager to get started again. And so I’ll begin by picking up on a hanging topic. A couple of months ago,…
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