Rachel Laudan

Scott Kilman in the Wall Street Journal sets rising grain prices in a context wider than biofuels. It’s the demand in Asia and Latin America for meat that drives much of this increase. I live just a few miles from the Mexican Bajio that for centuries has provided grain for humans and animals. And it’s [...]

Alimentación prehispánica: Legado milenario de sabores y saberes A great series with many of Mexico’s most distinguished food scholars Del miércoles 26 de septiembre al 28 de noviembre de 18:00 a 20:00 hrs. 26 de septiembre Introducción al universo de cultura alimentaria prehispánica Luis Alberto Vargas 3 de octubre La milpa Robert Bye 10 de [...]

You go to the big supermarket, Mega, in Guanajuato, Mexico and pick up some crisp asparagus. Not such a surprise because for the last fifteen or twenty years this region has grown lots of asparagus, mainly for export to the United States either frozen or fresh. Some of this naturally finds its way into local [...]