Cultural Eatery
We are creatures of habits, and we lean on our routines to build a pleasant environment. What I want to say is, that we assemble sequences of actions that we regularly follow, in order to bring order into our lives. One way to achieve the thing in question, is by selecting a place o places […]
How does color predispose our appetite? I find this is an interesting question… In my opinion, color influences our lives in many aspects, a very important one: food. Everything that glances and has bright colors stimulates our craving instinct. Our impressions about freshness, flavor and quality have to do with how we perceive our surroundings […]
Tea or coffee, beer or wine, sweet or savory, what we like is mainly configured by who we are. And this makes a set of interesting questions pop up: What makes us be the way we are? Is it information embedded in our genes or cultural syncretism? How much does the environment shape us? At […]
Very likely we are the only species that talks, discuss, speak about the taste of the food we eat. We debate if it has the right amount of spice, if the flavor is right, if it reminds us of something or someone. We can actually argue if we added this or that ingredient, if it […]
When we need to buy produce to prepare a dish, we can choose between buying it in a supermarket or on a normal market. I prefer, by far, the weekly market, where you find almost everything you need, fresh and cheap. Depending on which country you are in, bazaars or tianguis can be huge, and […]