Rachel Laudan

Bee Wilson brings a historian’s eye to the problem of the adulteration of milk in China in an op-ed in the New York Times. It’s based on research she did for her most recent book, Swindled, which is a very readable and and well-researched introduction to food frauds in Europe and the United States [...]

What a lot a few can do. Jesús and LuzMa, whom I am lucky to have as neighbors, dreamed the whole Mole Festival up and worked to make it happen, as part of their campaign to put Guanajuato on the culinary map. I’d mentioned it earlier on my blog and been to the reception the [...]

A very knowledgeable Indian correspondent, V. Gautam, sent me this comment.
“When an Indian looks at a mole, we see, deconstructed, the following parts to the gravy: 1) a garam masala, the sweet spice paste 2) the chile/chile seed paste + any chocolate 3) nut/bread/plantain paste thickener, raisin 4) fried onion base, thickener [optional] 5) any [...]