Category Archives: Outside DC

Bleg for Cancun, Mexico

Posted on 2015/04/06 by .

Your answers here will help everyone at APEE, so please tell us what else should one do besides the usual? Where is the truly good food to be had, including cocina economica? I thank you all in advance for your … Continue reading →

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Bleg for Merida, Mexico

Posted on 2015/04/06 by .

I haven’t been there for thirty years, what do you all recommend for a short stay? And where can we find good marquesitas, pib x’catik, caballeros pobres, pucheros, and chancletas? Among other delicious treats. Originally posted on Marginal Revolution – … Continue reading →

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The Aztec diet was more nutritious than it may seem at first

Posted on 2015/03/31 by .

Colin M. MacLachlan, in his splendid Imperialism and the Origins of Mexican Culture, reports: 1. Corn gruel and tamales were reinforced with fish, seeds of various kinds, fruit, and honey. 2. Beans were supplemented with meat from iguanas, armadillos, and … Continue reading →

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Is Scarborough, Ontario the dining capital of the world?

Posted on 2015/03/14 by .

Wednesday night I was taken on a restaurant tour of Scarborough — four different places — plus rolls from a Sri Lankan locale, consumed in the office of the Dean of UT Scarborough and with the assistance of Peter Loewen. … Continue reading →

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Montgomery, Alabama bleg

Posted on 2015/02/11 by .

Natasha and I will be there too, not just Birmingham, your suggestions would be most appreciated, thanks! Originally posted on Marginal Revolution – click to see comments and suggestions. Related Posts:Birmingham blegMedellin blegDining out in KarachiKarachi, Pakistan blegWarsaw bleg

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Birmingham bleg

Posted on 2015/02/04 by .

Alabama, that is. C’mon people, spill the beans, I await your wisdom as always. Food, but not just. I’ve never been there, I am sorry to say, and so have much to learn. Originally posted on Marginal Revolution – click … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles food bleg

Posted on 2014/12/31 by .

Where to eat? Probably you can forget the rest, unless you ought to rationally think I do not already know of it. Originally posted on Marginal Revolution – click to see comments and suggestions. Also see the follow-up post here. … Continue reading →

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Where to eat in Hong Kong

Posted on 2014/10/12 by .

Anywhere near downtown virtually all of the good places are quite expensive. The good news is that there are many of them and they are quite fine indeed. Two I can recommend are Mott 32 and Ye Shanghai, near Central … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong bleg

Posted on 2014/09/27 by .

You know the drill, I have been there before but not in a long time. Your assistance is much appreciated and I thank you all in advance… Originally posted on Marginal Revolution – click to see comments and suggestions. Related … Continue reading →

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How to make beer a natural monopoly?

Posted on 2014/09/27 by .

Bruges is trying something different: The Belgian city of Bruges has approved plans to build a pipeline which will funnel beer underneath its famous cobbled streets. Locals and politicians were fed up with huge lorries clattering through the cobbled streets … Continue reading →

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