Food, feasts and famines in colonial Mexico 🎤 with Dr. Iván Escamilla Presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food anthropologist, culture & gastronomy educator. Episode 88 This episode features an enriching and engaging conversation with Professor Ivan Escamilla Gonzalez also known on Instagram as “El cronista novohispano” (The novohispanic chronichler) and together we turn our attention towards…
Presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food anthropologist, culture & gastronomy educator. Episode 87 This episode features a conversation with Mexican anthropologist and PhD candidate Mario Macias Ayala @mario.maciasaa in which we discuss several intertwined projects that are at the core of his research: -Return migration within Mexican-American dynamics: Mario unravels the intricate tapestry of return migration…
Presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food anthropologist, culture & gastronomy educator. Episode 86 This hybrid episode brings together of Hungry Books and Pass the Chipotle Podcast and I’m joined by Dr Deborah Toner editor of “Alcohol in the Age of Industry, Empire, and War,” a ground-breaking volume that explores the intricate connections between…
Presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food anthropologist, culture & gastronomy educator. Episode 85 This episode features a conversation with Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock about her latest book: On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe” combining a critical perspective that questions the historiography, narratives, and consequences of marginalizing the role of indigenous people in the…
Presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food anthropologist. Episode 84 This refreshed version of the coffee special explores the origins of coffee and its journey from Eritrea modern-day Ethiopia, Africa into the Americas and how in a short time became a highly profitable crop. In the second part, we explore some aspects of the cultural history of…