Rachel Laudan

Karen Resta at Foodvox gave me a Proximity Award.  I’m not sure quite what that means and I’m not sure I’m that much clearer after reading the description.  But here it is. “This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY – nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim [...]

Some Mexican links. Here’s Antonio Vilches’s  terrific site on tequila. Not to do with food but if you are interested in posts that keep you up-to-date on English-language news on Mexico, try this link from the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center. Just use your judgement.  The articles they send along range from the [...]

Here’s an agua that I have never encountered in Mexico which is why there’s no name for it in Mexico.  And why there’s no drink of this kind, as we’ll see, is a bit of a puzzle. But an agua made from apricot leather is clearly part of the wide-flung family of fruit waters and [...]