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I'd really like to read more writers from across the Americas and esp with expertise in countries that tend to get glossed over in US media (pretty much the entirety of C America and the Caribbean). Doesn't have to be food specific. Any recs?
Here are my fav reads from 2020:
Here are my fav reads from 2020:
A look at the contemporary drag scene in Caracas, Venezuela against the backdrop of a country in a neverending crisis by @LexiGraceParra. https://www.huckmag.com/perspectives/reportage-2/caracas-drag-scene-venezuela/
This profile of Diana Rios Rengifo by @TatiPardo2, part of a five part series by Vice about women across Latin America fighting for climate justice. https://www.vice.com/es/article/akzmqp/diana-rios-rengifo-dar-la-vida-por-la-tierra
The history of the colonial narrative of rum across the Caribbean for @sourcedjourneys by @IsraelAyala144 https://www.sourcedjourneys.com/post/rum-history-and-myths
This story about immigration to the US from El Salvador through the lens of David, who immigrated as a boy and has worked his way up in nearly 100 restaurants across NYC for @lifeandthyme by @MariselSalazar. https://lifeandthyme.com/food/road-from-el-salvador-to-the-american-restaurant/
I was fascinated by this story about the complicated legacy of Spam in Puerto Rico by @eatgordaeat for @Eater in a year that I thought a lot about food legacy and the intersections of ancestral and contemporary food cultures. https://www.eater.com/2020/5/27/21264216/spam-guisada-puerto-rican-dish-recipe-history
This story about the legacy of Black Peruvians and criolla cuisine by @piscotrail for @taste_cooking. https://www.tastecooking.com/the-soul-food-of-black-peru/
This story about the importance of seeds in indigenous communities for @atlasobscura by Maria Paula Rubiano. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/native-seed-rematriation
And this one also for @atlasobscura by Morgan Randall that dissects the history of gumbo in the US-South and credits the influence from Louisiana indigenous communities. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/native-american-gumbo
Please don't @ a bunch of Latinx writers if you have a rec, link me a piece! Or just share these great pieces.
