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Mexican corn tortillas in London. A trip to the past!

A visit to the only soft corn tortilla machine in London!

Mexican and Italian cookery course at Arte Culinaria

Last September I went to  Arte Culinaria  to do our joint cookery course where we would compare Mexican and Italian cooking styles. To talk about Mexican versus Italian is a very general thing, because both countries have strong regional ties which makes it impossible to compare cuisines in one week.  In spite of this, we [...]

… some thoughts on Mole

My blogger chum Chad asked me recently to write something on Mole.  At the time I was a bit busy and I think this was also a subconscious excuse not to write on the subject… The reason is that for a Mexican to write on Mole is getting into sticky ground; every Mexican has his/her [...]

Tacos al pastor and Shawarma

One of the things I like of the post-modern world as I understand it, is the fact that we can move from world to world in a similar way to that of opening windows whilst we surf the net.  Well at least that is how I feel life in London is, one is able to [...]