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Salsa Taquera

Meredith

Posted on January 13, 2013

I am almost finished reading a book about the history of the taco, which of course involves the history of tortillas, and therefore the history of corn and wheat flour, and has much to do with the history of  the industrialization of food, as well as mining in 19th century Mexico, the lost chili queens of old San Antonio, taco night in Norway, surfer’s running taquerias in Amsterdam, how to make mole in France… a couple of wars and revolutions, colonization, nation building, ranching, tequila making… I’m working up an appetite. The history of foodways might seem like some obscure thing to read about, but it really is reading the history of the world.  In fact it might be the most inter-sectional and materialist…

Categories: foodways, recipes, restaurants, vegetarian

Tagged: adobado, chipotle, el gordo, jeffrey pilcher, las vegas, morita, planet taco, recipe, salsa, suadero, tacos, taquera, taqueria, tomatillo

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Tid-bits and Gravy

Meredith

Posted on November 25, 2012

Writing about Thanksgiving after it is over is problematic, partly for reasons pointed out hilariously here.  In organizing speak, it is time for a debrief.  But in this debrief, we are only going to talk about what I liked, because I am running the show here, and I don’t plan to bore you with what I thought could use improvement.  Those who attended, feel free to let me know in the comments what you were disappointed by, just make sure you use your real name, okay?  And reporting that you hate creamed onions is not a valid critique of my particular creamed onions, so keep this in mind. But let’s face it, some of us will be doing a similar meal again at Christmas.…

Categories: foodways, recipes

Tagged: celery, cranberry gelee, food mill, gravy, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, pumpkin puree, stuffing, thanksgiving, voigner

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