Rachel Laudan

Thanks to everyone who has commented. I’m thrilled when blogging leads me to extend or reconsider my ideas. To begin with, I agree that carnitas are a special meal. To add to the stories, the first time I had them was when I was invited to the rancho (village) of a maestro albañil. To translate [...]

Here’s a post that just crept up on me. There was mention of carnitas at a wedding in the Mexican countryside. I read yet one more cookbook published in America describing how to make carnitas by cooking chunks of leg of pork in water until it evaporated and then frying. And I returned from a [...]

I have a friend who has a friend who has a sister or cousin, I’m not quite clear which, who runs a cooking school  in Guadalajara, Mexico. That’s only three degrees of separation, right? These are not just any old cooking classes, mind you. She offers cooking classes for young society ladies who are about [...]