Creating and Re-Creating Rice, Maize, and Chicken
We don’t just gather our food. We gather the raw materials and then we turn them into food. The skill and determination that have gone into making food inspire awe.…
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Until recently Jewish Mexican cooking was unknown outside the 50,000 Mexican Jews, most of whom arrived in the early twentieth century. [EDIT. Here I am ignoring the Jews who came…
Read moreWheat to Iran and Chicken Sets: Interesting Articles from the WSJ
Interesting story in the Wall Street Journal about Iran’s purchase of wheat from the US. Shades of Russian wheat purchases during the cold war. And another on the chicken industry…
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