Presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food anthropologist, culture & gastronomy educator. Episode 83 To wrap up the year I teamed up with my dear friend Mely MartÃnez to have a candid chat about our favourite Christmas and seasonal foods, drinks and treats. Since it is impossible to exhaust the wide variety of regional and local dishes…
Presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food anthropologist, culture & gastronomy educator. Episode 82 Dr Pablo Sierra’s research contests that blackness is a decidedly foreign concept in the cultural history of the City of Puebla, an idealised urban centre whose narratives about Spanish baroque splendour have silenced the stories and presence of other ethnic groups, namely thousands…
Presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food anthropologist, culture & gastronomy educator.  Episode 81 When Salvador packed his camera and got off to start a journey documenting traditional drinks of Mexico, he didn’t know that his life was about to change forever. This adventure became the beginning of a transformative experience for him and the many…
Presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food history writer, cook and author. Episode 80 This year marks the 160th anniversary of the famous 5 de Mayo battle, but curiously this date means epic Mexican-themed celebrations in the USA, but why? In this epic episode, I explore the many events that lead to the famous battle of Puebla…
Presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food anthropologist, culture & gastronomy educator. Episode 79 Welcome to the season finale! In this episode, I discuss how early printed cookbooks in Mexico were tools of cultural propaganda. Through a form of culinary patriotism, cookbooks built the gastronomic identity of a newly independent nation promoting the adoption of behaviours, tastes…