Rachel Laudan

I post items such as this because it’s so hard to get information on what is being published on Mexican food and drink. These presentations are a lovely custom. Three or four people get up and give analyses of the book and why it is important and then there a small party. Actually in this [...]

Thanks to all who have brought mole poblano and the medieval Mediterranean up again and for the clarifying comments. Here are my thoughts on what I take to be Tim’s three main worries. Worry 1. Since many families in rural Mexico have their own mole traditions, since these families often tend to the indigenous end [...]

Here’s a story about servants.  Brigid Keenen, wife of a British diplomat in waning years of the last century, wrote a memoir. Perhaps her particular kind of British humor does not appeal to everyone, though I just love it, but that’s not the point here.  The point is her story about servants and recipes. Newly [...]