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Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 157 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
For centuries tortillas have been a staple of the Mexican diet, but today it crosses cultures and borders as a part of an international network of people, customs, and culinary traditions. A history of the tortilla from its roots in ancient Mesoamerica to the cross-cultural global tortilla; from the Mexican woman rolling the mano over the metate to grind corn to the enormous wheat tortillas made in northern Mexico to creations like the stuffed burrito.......
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In this entertaining history, Gregory McNamee explores the many ethnic and cultural traditions that have contributed to the food of the Southwest. He traces the origins of the cuisine to the arrival of humans in the Americas, the work of the earliest farmers of Mesoamerica, and the most ancient trade networks joining peoples of the coast, plains, and mountains. From the ancient chile pepper and agave to the comparatively recent fare of sushi and Frito...
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