Comments on: La Tortilleria http://www.foodista.com/blog/2008/03/29/la-tortilleria/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:58:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dreama http://www.foodista.com/blog/2008/03/29/la-tortilleria/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Dreama Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:09:44 +0000 http://foodista.wordpress.com/?p=148#comment-203 Looking at these photos makes my mouth water :) Looking at these photos makes my mouth water :)

]]> By: Greg Bulmash http://www.foodista.com/blog/2008/03/29/la-tortilleria/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Greg Bulmash Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:46:00 +0000 http://foodista.wordpress.com/?p=148#comment-202 They're not so inexpensive any more. There's been a tortilla crisis as the increasing demand for corn for biofuels has driven up corn prices, causing tortilla prices to jump as well. There's a great <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/26/AR2007012601896_pf.html" rel="nofollow">article on the tortilla crisis</a> at the Washington Post. Amazingly enough, poor Mexicans get 40% or more of their daily protein from tortillas. It's more than something they love. It's an important way for them to maintain muscle mass so they can keep doing the back-breaking labor many of them do. They’re not so inexpensive any more.

There’s been a tortilla crisis as the increasing demand for corn for biofuels has driven up corn prices, causing tortilla prices to jump as well.

There’s a great article on the tortilla crisis at the Washington Post. Amazingly enough, poor Mexicans get 40% or more of their daily protein from tortillas. It’s more than something they love. It’s an important way for them to maintain muscle mass so they can keep doing the back-breaking labor many of them do.

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