This essay used a point-by-point method to compare southwestern and Mexican cooking. For the purpose of comparing the different methods of using and preparing ingredients as this essay did, I feel the used method fared far better than if the author had chosen to use subject-to-subject. I did feel like some details about both regions were included but no related to the current point being described and could've either been shifted to another paragraph or removed entirely without damaging the point. The clearest example of this to me was the sentence regarding the availability of fish in Mexico as compared to the American southwest, which didn't seem to match the rest of the paragraph's subject regarding locally available plants and vegetables.
