Rigoberta Menchú and the Politics of Food
I think everyone who reads Rigoberta Menchú’s famous 1982 testimonio remembers the part in editor Elisabeth Burgos’s prologue when she describes how she won the Guatemalan woman’s…
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Theme: Food
The Perils of Eating Feet
I was 19, in love, and eager to gain the acceptance of my boyfriend Guillermo’s family in the mountains of Imbabura, Ecuador…
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Peanuts, Popcorn, Cracker Jack
While peanuts and popcorn were new to 19th century United States, both had been consumed as snacks in the Americas for thousands of years. Peanuts originated in Bolivia, domesticated by…
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Nutrición, Lactancia Materna y Fertilidad
“2 de febrero, 2000: Es la hora de la siesta en Namqom. Todo está calmo, atemporal, borroso” Yo estoy sentada en la salita de enfermería en en el Centro de Salud. Desde aquí escucho roncar a…
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The Maya Hand Down a Recipe for Chocolate
Inside the Harvard Peabody Museum Annex, rows and rows of metal shelving reveal hundreds of clay pots and shards, all catalogued with numbers on their sides. Most of these are decorative…
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