Which fruit was the biggest illegal in the US?
Yup. The humble tejocote (teh-HO-cot-ay). In a great article in the LA Times, fruit expert David Karp explains why this was and how it is changing.
Read moreI am totally . . . wait . . . escamoles (ant eggs)
Escamoles. Palacio. My laugh of the morning. I know jokes are never the same when they have to be explained but this one says a good bit about Mexico and…
Read moreWhy didn’t Mexico abandon the metate?
Third or fourth pass grinding barley on a metate Lots more questions than I can take up. But one that several commentators have raised is “Why did the simple grindstone…
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