Rachel Laudan

Bartolomeo Scappi’s Opera contains the most gorgeous and informative illustrations of the princely or popely kitchen of the first half of the sixteenth century.   Take a look at them here. And although most of the other illustrations posted on BibliOdessey have nothing to do with kitchens, they are just a joy to scroll through, perfect [...]

Some time ago, a commentator (Tim) raised the following question about my thesis that Mexican mole is basically an Islamic dish transported to Mexico (just hit mole in the tags section). Here’s what he said. Your argument is well and good until you look at the bigger picture. You don’t need a liberal attitude toward [...]

To fill out the chicharrón thread, and in case you missed this in her comment, here is Sonia Bañuelos on chicharron in Zacatecas which is toward the north of central Mexico–and in Italy! My family is from Zacatecas and they would slaughter a pig twice a year. The skin and extra fat bits were always [...]