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One of the first things I ever posted on the web was an article about lyophilisation , better known as freeze-drying. It was for the Wornick Company , my employer at the time and one of the pioneers in the process. Even though we no longer produced freeze-dried products, they were part of our history and I was involved in some very nerdy financial machinations about freeze-dried fruit. I even took a bunch of the product with me on my first trip to the Amazon . So I know something about freeze-drying, and about what it is good for. To the ever-growing list of things I have learned from my wonderful alumni, we can add this: I just learned freeze-dried corn meal is a thing, that I have probably had it, and that it is not good. Mexican food guru Diana Kennedy is not a fan. Image by Eleanor Skrzat for Taste . In The Tortilla Cartel , journalist Elizabeth Dunn describes the strange story of Maseca. This powder gives home cooks and even some restaurants the idea that they are making tortilla...