Rachel Laudan

“What about, God forbid, a Mandela Burger?   As his legend has grown ever larger, Mandela has been faced with all of these situations. (The Mandela Burger — 200 grams of beef, topped with salad, tomato, cheddar cheese, and accompanied by fries and a choice of guacamole, salsa or jalapeos — costs a whopping $24 [...]

Here are some products I bought in Hawaii’s Chinatown some years ago (and wrote about in The Food of Paradise. Left to right back row: Quaker Oats (in a can from Holland) Ribena Blackcurrant Juice (I believe a World War II product in Britain. At least heavily promoted then as a source of Vitamin C [...]

While we’re talking about different ways of classifying cuisines, it’s always worth remembering that expatriates will go to great lengths to get some facsimile of the cuisine of home.  I bet this goes way back.  I imagine Roman soldiers up on Hadrian’s Wall brewing up ersatz garum.  The American Japanese soldiers who fought up the [...]