Rachel Laudan

All this discussion of ensaimadas (links to previous postings here and here) and I realize that I’ve never really explained what they are. Ensaimadas are a pastry associated chiefly with Mallorca and to a lesser extent with Minorca, two Mediterranean islands to the south of Spain with very interesting histories. Pastries called ensaimadas also crop [...]

Cheese,  it is famously said, is milk’s leap toward immortality.  Sometimes.  But fresh cheeses kind of hop instead of leap.  So what did Mexicans do with their fresh cheeses before refrigeration? MexicoBob took on the job of tracking down a Mexican cheese that did not feature in Los Quesos Genuinos Mexicanos. It’s called queso oreado [...]

I’m a sucker for agricultural fairs. And on Friday I had a stupendous afternoon at the State Livestock Fair in Irapuato, about a forty minute drive from where I live. It yielded lots of cheese and lots of ideas about safety, organic foods and the like that I will blog about over the next few [...]