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 […]
A brief history of coffee in Mexico ☕
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 […]
The Mexican Christmas menu 🎤with Mely Martinez.
Presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food anthropologist, culture & gastronomy educator. Episode 83 To wrap up the year I teamed up with my dear friend Mely Martínez to have a candid chat about our favourite Christmas and seasonal foods, drinks and treats. Since it is impossible to exhaust the wide variety […]
Afromexico: the untold history of slavery in colonial Puebla 🎤with Dr. Pablo Sierra.
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 […]
Interview with photographer, podcaster and author: Shava Cueva
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 […]