The more than 1,000 recipes in El Libro de Doña Petrona are written in simple, direct prose. Each consists of a blunt series of instructions, diving right in with the
To Mimi with all my love Mamy24-9-47 This is the inscription on the inside cover of my mother-in-law, Mimi’s copy of the classic Argentinian cookbook, El Libro de Do ñ
When I moved to Montreal to do my PhD I brought only what could fit in my 1988 Volkswagon Fox. This included two enormous stereo speakers and an almost equally
“We have to take a picnic” my husband announces, pouncing on any occasion to pursue the picnic imperative. A meal must be packed, an adventure undertaken and food eaten at
For many years it represented everything about what it meant to want to cook. A large, pale blue enameled kettle with a prominent chip in the white lining. It was