Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword. At the Kitchen Table ix
4. Preface xvii
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. A Taste of Three Places xxi
7. INTRODUCTION 1
8. POINTS OF DEPARTURE 27
9. PART ONE Women of the Circle
10. 1 Xochimilco “Short on Days to Celebrate Our Fiestas" 47
11. 2 Ocotepec “Not Letting the City Eat This Town Up” 92
12. 3 Tetecala “Here Mangos Used to Be Like Gold” 135
13. PART TWO Kitchenspace Narratives
14. 4 Women of Tetecala “You Have to Be Ingenious in the Kitchen!” 155
15. 5 Women of Xochimilco “It Is Better for the Pots to Awaken Upside Down” 179
16. 6 Women of Ocotepec “We Used to Have a Lot of Pigs” 206
17. FOOD FOR THOUGHT 232
18. Notes 267
19. Glossary 277
20. Bibliography 283
21. Index 295