Lasagne in Early 20th Century Italo-Argentinian Cuisine
Italian Cuisine, as we know it today, was the creation of Italians who lived and migrated between three places in the early 20th century: Italy, the United States and Argentina. …
Read moreBread, Celestial Made. Or Bread’s Long Journey to Hawaii
Here’s something I’ve been wanting to post for some time. This ad appeared in Honolulu in a weekly, The Polynesian, in June 1840. If it’s hard to read the words,…
Read moreIt’s a . . ? It’s a Brown Tomato
It’s a brown tomato. It came in a plastic box with half a dozen confreres at my local Wal-Mart in Mexico City. Inside it’s still brownish. Tastes fine. Disconcerting, a…
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