Cultural Eatery
Grains are the base of the feeding chain, wheat, rice and corn are the three most important ones. Can you imagine a whole culture based on one of them? Yes, you guessed well, I am referring to the Mexican culture, that is based on the consumption of corn. The native spices of corn: white, blue, […]
History states that John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich was playing cards. He was also hungry but didn’t want to interrupt his game, so he ordered two slices of bread and roast-beef in between, so he could eat with his hands. And the sandwich made its way into the world. It appeared to be […]
Botana is a word in Spanish used in Mexico that refers mostly to salty foods that are served in small portions. They accompany mainly alcoholic beverages taken while gathering in an informal way with friends and/or family. In bars or cantinas, it is usual to get a plate of salted peanuts or fried sweet potatoes […]
Sustenance is what we need to eat and drink in order to stay alive and healthy. Bread is, for many, the foundation of nourishment. Flour, water, and salt going through a fermentation process are the three ingredients that, combined, constitute what we call bread. A small piece of deliciousness that is baked, a transformation from […]
Even if you are not so keen on sweets, you have tried, for sure and at least, one of the following: candy drops, cotton candy or lollipops. According to history, the first things to have been served as sweets were dried fruits or grains covered in honey. Then came the import of cocoa beans and […]
We write our food stories based on family traditions and places. We grow up listening to events belonging to our family’s history, and many of them are linked to edibles. In addition, the rest is connected and related to the place we call home or where we grew up, wherever that might be. That is […]
Furniture is designed to help us make our lives easier. One very important and significant utensil is the table, a flat surface that stands in legs (made in different forms and materials). We have been using it for a long time to sit around, to eat, talk, do chores, argue, a place of interaction. Since […]
We often celebrate special occasions with food and beverages. I wonder why that is… In searching for an answer, let’s start with a definition of special occasions: these are dates or events that are important for a group of people, like a birthday, a wedding anniversary, a religious celebration, anything that is deemed important. An […]
I still haven’t figured out the reason why, for some of us, food plays such an important role in our lives. We like to cook it and eat it, to take photos of it and share them on social media, we like to write about it. The whole package. We smell it, and it brings […]