Rachel Laudan

Here’s an incredibly simple agua fresca, naranjada. Yes, it’s simply orange juice and water. In Mexico, I have the impression that it is much commoner in restaurants than at home. In fact, naranjada’s a very nice option in Mexican restaurants if you don’t want alcohol or a commercial soft drink. You can ask for it [...]

Here’s a miscellany of food things that have caught my eye in Argentina. Nifty Product: José tea bags 4 packets each of yerba mate, yerba mate with ginger, black tea with rosehip, black tea with cinnamon and clove, perpermint with melissa, corinader, and lemon verbena. Delicious. Over-enthusiastic labeling?Do I really want to know the dairy [...]

Well, as I was writing that last scholarly post about the twists and turns in ensaimada history, one huge row broke out around our apartment, horns honking, saucepans banging. Not what you expect in an up-market neighborhood. When I looked out the window, everyone in sight was out on the balconies of their high rise [...]