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785: What Is a National Dish With Anya von Bremzen and Argentina’s National Drink, Mate

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

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The Importance of Maize in the Mexican Revolution

The corn tortilla, even though it's been like the staff of life, for in this case, truly thousands of years, wasn't actually respected in the same way as flour tortillas. NAFTA is flooding Mexico with industrial corn mainly for feed. And there's this fear of GMO contamination. I think we can do all this talks about politics and cultural appropriation to help resolve these issues.

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