Rachel Laudan

Here’s an excellent development in the world of academic publishing, especially for those of us who don’t have the access to huge data bases and on-lone journals that academics do.

For those of you who have asked about the confusing terminology of English meals, the fact is that they have shifted constantly in the last century or so and are different in different regions and different classes. Here’s what a farming family (and I’ll explain that in another post) arranged their meals in the middle [...]

Whenever I plan a tea, the problem of bread arises.  Bread is central to English tea. You need a good old-fashioned English loaf for slicing thick for hot toast or thin for bread and butter or sandwiches.  I suspect it’s almost impossible to get such a loaf now even in England. Good white bread does [...]