Christine Folch
@christinefolch.bsky.social
I study & write about Latin America, politics, power & cuisine. New book! The Book of Yerba Mate🧉: A Stimulating History (Princeton)
Pro tip: just put that GirlScouts Thin Mint cookie into your morning coffee.
#noregrets
#noregrets
January 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Pro tip: just put that GirlScouts Thin Mint cookie into your morning coffee.
#noregrets
#noregrets
Your next #podcast binge!
"You are what you eat…what about what you drink?" eartheats - with Kayte Young from Indiana Public Media
Listen to the story behind #TheBookofYerbaMate🧉!
indianapublicmedia.org/eartheats/yo...
"You are what you eat…what about what you drink?" eartheats - with Kayte Young from Indiana Public Media
Listen to the story behind #TheBookofYerbaMate🧉!
indianapublicmedia.org/eartheats/yo...
You are what you eat…what about what you drink?
Christine Folch is a cultural anthropologist who studies food. Listen to learn what her book on yerba mate reveals about Latin America, empire, religion, labor and more.
indianapublicmedia.org
January 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Your next #podcast binge!
"You are what you eat…what about what you drink?" eartheats - with Kayte Young from Indiana Public Media
Listen to the story behind #TheBookofYerbaMate🧉!
indianapublicmedia.org/eartheats/yo...
"You are what you eat…what about what you drink?" eartheats - with Kayte Young from Indiana Public Media
Listen to the story behind #TheBookofYerbaMate🧉!
indianapublicmedia.org/eartheats/yo...
January 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Snow days are like Saturdays. The kiddo wakes up "on time" when I just wish he'd sleep in!
January 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Snow days are like Saturdays. The kiddo wakes up "on time" when I just wish he'd sleep in!
Un estudiante nuestro de DUKE nos envió este video y estas fotos de un restaurante paraguayo 🇵🇾 en Taiwan 🇹🇼. Tomó un cocido y después comió empanadas para el tereré rupa.
January 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Un estudiante nuestro de DUKE nos envió este video y estas fotos de un restaurante paraguayo 🇵🇾 en Taiwan 🇹🇼. Tomó un cocido y después comió empanadas para el tereré rupa.
From the Times Literary Supplement’s new review of The Book of Yerba Mate🧉:
“[A] fascinating study that opens a window onto the bigger thematic landscape of colonialism, consumption and market capitalism."
www.the-tls.co.uk/culture/food...
“[A] fascinating study that opens a window onto the bigger thematic landscape of colonialism, consumption and market capitalism."
www.the-tls.co.uk/culture/food...
A cultural history of a South American infusion
Take your calabash gourd, add the yerba mate until the gourd is two-thirds full, tilt it, pour on hot, but never boiling, water, and add sugar to taste.
www.the-tls.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
From the Times Literary Supplement’s new review of The Book of Yerba Mate🧉:
“[A] fascinating study that opens a window onto the bigger thematic landscape of colonialism, consumption and market capitalism."
www.the-tls.co.uk/culture/food...
“[A] fascinating study that opens a window onto the bigger thematic landscape of colonialism, consumption and market capitalism."
www.the-tls.co.uk/culture/food...
Reposted by Christine Folch
“How did mate (pronounced “ma-tay”) come to be a cultural institution? And what do its production, trade and modes of consumption tell us about our political economy, past and present?” Read on to discover more in @thetls.bsky.social:
www.the-tls.co.uk/culture/food...
www.the-tls.co.uk/culture/food...
January 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“How did mate (pronounced “ma-tay”) come to be a cultural institution? And what do its production, trade and modes of consumption tell us about our political economy, past and present?” Read on to discover more in @thetls.bsky.social:
www.the-tls.co.uk/culture/food...
www.the-tls.co.uk/culture/food...
One thing that brings me a lot of joy is the fact that John Williams’ score for Superman was so iconic that they use it now in every Supe movie, decades later.
December 20, 2024 at 12:37 AM
One thing that brings me a lot of joy is the fact that John Williams’ score for Superman was so iconic that they use it now in every Supe movie, decades later.
"In today’s world, where consumers choose to experiment... perhaps having coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon, #yerbamate [has] a rich history and amazing stories to tell."
STiRCoffeeTea picks up the mate story!
stir-tea-coffee.com/tea-coffee-n...
STiRCoffeeTea picks up the mate story!
stir-tea-coffee.com/tea-coffee-n...
Yerba Mate—From South America to the World
Football fans during the 2022 FIFA World Cup often saw the Argentine players traveling with dried hollowed-out calabash gourds in their hands, sipping yerba...
stir-tea-coffee.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:40 PM
"In today’s world, where consumers choose to experiment... perhaps having coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon, #yerbamate [has] a rich history and amazing stories to tell."
STiRCoffeeTea picks up the mate story!
stir-tea-coffee.com/tea-coffee-n...
STiRCoffeeTea picks up the mate story!
stir-tea-coffee.com/tea-coffee-n...
When you hide Xmas presents so well that you find a new Advent Calendar on December 15.
December 15, 2024 at 3:28 PM
When you hide Xmas presents so well that you find a new Advent Calendar on December 15.
Syria is a **major** destination for Argentina's yerba mate🧉
71.2% of Argentina's yerba exports went to #Syria in 2023!
#DYK #yerbamate #Argentina
(Official INDEC--Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos--numbers from Argentina)
pbs.twimg.com/media/Gdk2zt...
71.2% of Argentina's yerba exports went to #Syria in 2023!
#DYK #yerbamate #Argentina
(Official INDEC--Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos--numbers from Argentina)
pbs.twimg.com/media/Gdk2zt...
December 15, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Syria is a **major** destination for Argentina's yerba mate🧉
71.2% of Argentina's yerba exports went to #Syria in 2023!
#DYK #yerbamate #Argentina
(Official INDEC--Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos--numbers from Argentina)
pbs.twimg.com/media/Gdk2zt...
71.2% of Argentina's yerba exports went to #Syria in 2023!
#DYK #yerbamate #Argentina
(Official INDEC--Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos--numbers from Argentina)
pbs.twimg.com/media/Gdk2zt...
Oh hey. Fun online quiz for nerds.
Wonder what data Pew is gathering from our participation.
Wonder what data Pew is gathering from our participation.
The average American got 7 out of 11 questions correct on this Pew Research science 🧪 quiz.
Can you beat the average American? Let us know.
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Can you beat the average American? Let us know.
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Quiz: How much do you know about science?
Test your knowledge of science facts and applications of scientific principles by taking our 11-question quiz, then compare your answers to the average American and across demographic groups.
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December 13, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Oh hey. Fun online quiz for nerds.
Wonder what data Pew is gathering from our participation.
Wonder what data Pew is gathering from our participation.
Hoy!
Conversatorio virtual: Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos – Desafíos Actuales
🗓 Fecha: 10 de diciembre de 2024
🕕 Hora Argentina: 15:00 hs
Inscripciones aquí:
www.ucel.edu.ar/evento/conve...
Conversatorio virtual: Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos – Desafíos Actuales
🗓 Fecha: 10 de diciembre de 2024
🕕 Hora Argentina: 15:00 hs
Inscripciones aquí:
www.ucel.edu.ar/evento/conve...
December 10, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Hoy!
Conversatorio virtual: Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos – Desafíos Actuales
🗓 Fecha: 10 de diciembre de 2024
🕕 Hora Argentina: 15:00 hs
Inscripciones aquí:
www.ucel.edu.ar/evento/conve...
Conversatorio virtual: Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos – Desafíos Actuales
🗓 Fecha: 10 de diciembre de 2024
🕕 Hora Argentina: 15:00 hs
Inscripciones aquí:
www.ucel.edu.ar/evento/conve...
Mom & I Cover Creep By Radiohead (she is a classical Indian singer 🕉️)
YouTube video by Avie Sheck
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November 29, 2024 at 11:48 PM
The secret to a moist Thanksgiving turkey is to cook it with duck fat rendered from the leftover Peking ducks (plural) y’all ate the day before.
The canned cranberry sauce is still the undefeated champ of Thanksgiving.
The canned cranberry sauce is still the undefeated champ of Thanksgiving.
November 28, 2024 at 9:51 PM
The secret to a moist Thanksgiving turkey is to cook it with duck fat rendered from the leftover Peking ducks (plural) y’all ate the day before.
The canned cranberry sauce is still the undefeated champ of Thanksgiving.
The canned cranberry sauce is still the undefeated champ of Thanksgiving.
Pan cubano on the dashboard for size comparison.
La Segunda, the world famous 🇨🇺Cuban bakery, doesn’t play around. No visit to Tampa would be complete without a visit!
La Segunda, the world famous 🇨🇺Cuban bakery, doesn’t play around. No visit to Tampa would be complete without a visit!
November 23, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Pan cubano on the dashboard for size comparison.
La Segunda, the world famous 🇨🇺Cuban bakery, doesn’t play around. No visit to Tampa would be complete without a visit!
La Segunda, the world famous 🇨🇺Cuban bakery, doesn’t play around. No visit to Tampa would be complete without a visit!
Picked up my copy of Forecasts signed by Caroline Schuster, the author herself.
And I got some free sticker swag to boot.
#AAA2024 #graphicethnography
And I got some free sticker swag to boot.
#AAA2024 #graphicethnography
November 22, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Picked up my copy of Forecasts signed by Caroline Schuster, the author herself.
And I got some free sticker swag to boot.
#AAA2024 #graphicethnography
And I got some free sticker swag to boot.
#AAA2024 #graphicethnography
Still undefeated: I play a game every time I visit a southern US city “I bet I can find #yaupon in less than 5 minutes.”
Here it is at the #AAA2024 in Tampa.
Curious about North America’s caffeinated plant and/or its better known South American cousin yerba mate? So was I!
Here it is at the #AAA2024 in Tampa.
Curious about North America’s caffeinated plant and/or its better known South American cousin yerba mate? So was I!
November 21, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Looking forward to the AAA2024 in Tampa! #anthropology
November 21, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Looking forward to the AAA2024 in Tampa! #anthropology
Been thinking a lot about Polanyi & how double movement given global election results.
November 18, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Been thinking a lot about Polanyi & how double movement given global election results.
The right way to drink yerba mate🧉
(Is there just one? ;)
“The first time someone from North America tries yerba mate in the traditional style, with a gourd or cattle horn… we often break one of the unwritten rules.”
press.princeton.edu/ideas/the-ri...
(Is there just one? ;)
“The first time someone from North America tries yerba mate in the traditional style, with a gourd or cattle horn… we often break one of the unwritten rules.”
press.princeton.edu/ideas/the-ri...
The right way to drink yerba mate
The first time someone from North America tries yerba mate in the traditional style, with a gourd or cattle horn stuffed with smokey green leaves and the metal drinking straw, we often break one of th...
press.princeton.edu
November 18, 2024 at 11:24 AM
The right way to drink yerba mate🧉
(Is there just one? ;)
“The first time someone from North America tries yerba mate in the traditional style, with a gourd or cattle horn… we often break one of the unwritten rules.”
press.princeton.edu/ideas/the-ri...
(Is there just one? ;)
“The first time someone from North America tries yerba mate in the traditional style, with a gourd or cattle horn… we often break one of the unwritten rules.”
press.princeton.edu/ideas/the-ri...
How will AI and Large Language Models affect la ciudad letrada, the lettered city?
Re-reading Angel Rama's posthumous work and it seems more timely than ever.
#LLM #Letrados #LatinAmericaasaSourceofTheory
Re-reading Angel Rama's posthumous work and it seems more timely than ever.
#LLM #Letrados #LatinAmericaasaSourceofTheory
November 15, 2024 at 12:58 PM
How will AI and Large Language Models affect la ciudad letrada, the lettered city?
Re-reading Angel Rama's posthumous work and it seems more timely than ever.
#LLM #Letrados #LatinAmericaasaSourceofTheory
Re-reading Angel Rama's posthumous work and it seems more timely than ever.
#LLM #Letrados #LatinAmericaasaSourceofTheory
The difference between #yaupon (l) and #yerbamate (r) leaves.
(FYI, both plants make for great caffeinated drinks.)
Both plucked by me—yaupon in Austin TX; yerba mate, now dried, in Cordillera, Paraguay.
#ilex
(FYI, both plants make for great caffeinated drinks.)
Both plucked by me—yaupon in Austin TX; yerba mate, now dried, in Cordillera, Paraguay.
#ilex
November 14, 2024 at 11:25 AM
The difference between #yaupon (l) and #yerbamate (r) leaves.
(FYI, both plants make for great caffeinated drinks.)
Both plucked by me—yaupon in Austin TX; yerba mate, now dried, in Cordillera, Paraguay.
#ilex
(FYI, both plants make for great caffeinated drinks.)
Both plucked by me—yaupon in Austin TX; yerba mate, now dried, in Cordillera, Paraguay.
#ilex
Leave it or eat it?
Definitely eat it. How the U.S. is rediscovering yaupon, our local caffeinated drink.
www.heart.org/en/news/2024...
Definitely eat it. How the U.S. is rediscovering yaupon, our local caffeinated drink.
www.heart.org/en/news/2024...
Annoying bush or healthy tea? Yaupon can be both.
Native American people drank yaupon tea for centuries, but the caffeinated drink was largely forgotten. Now it's making a comeback, and for some, it's available right in the backyard.
www.heart.org
November 10, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Leave it or eat it?
Definitely eat it. How the U.S. is rediscovering yaupon, our local caffeinated drink.
www.heart.org/en/news/2024...
Definitely eat it. How the U.S. is rediscovering yaupon, our local caffeinated drink.
www.heart.org/en/news/2024...