February 25, 2015
Delhi Winter Foods: Street Sweets
DelhiOld Delhi overflows with recent – and not so recent – migrants who have left a rural farming life. Over 55 percent of India’s workforce, in fact, is engaged in some aspect of agriculture. And 80 percent of the farm holdings nationwide are below 2 hectares. Many migrant laborers, former farmers, hail from the surrounding…
February 24, 2015
El Buho: The Night Owl
Mexico CitySet up along Bucareli, just south of Reforma – two of the city center’s core arteries – only after dark, there is a steady huddle that gathers under a yellow tarp around steam and light bulbs. Most don’t know it, even if they’ve eaten here for years, but the name of the place is El…
May 12, 2022
El Jaliciense: OG Birria From Jalisco
Los AngelesWhen the hour strikes eight on Saturday morning, Hector Ramirez pulls the wooden handle on a cast-iron lid sealing his self-constructed, propane-fueled, cylindrical oven and unveils his birria tatemada. The Ramirez family is bustling. Hector’s wife, Marisela, generates a steady rhythm quartering fresh limes. Nearby, their young daughter, Gisel, stands over a scorching griddle heating…
