From North Africa to Baja: Dates
From C. M. Mayo (madammayo@blogspot.com) It has always stayed with me how extraordinary it is (and yet how commonsensical) that the dates groves that flourish in Mexico’s Baja California oases…
Read moreHow Medieval Islam Transformed Farming (and Food)
Now here’s a terrific resource, a really reliable site dedicated to medieval Arabic manuals on farming produced all over the medieval Islamic world (see map above) . …
Read moreMexican supermarkets versus US supermarkets
A couple of months in the US has given me lots of time to ponder these differences which reveal so much about the way the two countries actually eat, as…
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