English influence on Greek food
So pleased to have Sam Sotiropoulos join the debate about whether Greek food owes anything to the British. Be sure to check his comments about how kumquats and probably potatoes…
Read moreLeap frogging the Pacific: Chocolate and the Acapulco Galleon
The Pacific is a terrifying ocean. It’s not so much the storms. The Indian Ocean and the north Atlantic, the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn trump it there. …
Read morePuddings in comtemporary Mexico
One last post on this and I will shut up. In Ricardo Muñoz’s great Diccionaria enciclopedica de la gastronomía mexicana (2000), it’s clear that the budín/pudín distinction is no longer…
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