Rachel Laudan

Really, grinding’s no sweat.  Put on a pretty dress, find ribbons for your hair, layer on the jewelry, hang your hat in the corner of the kitchen and buckle down to several hours at the metate (grindstone). This mid-20th century print of a happy grinder in the collection of the Soumaya Museum would be reason [...]

O.K I am with the big units, but in to use the language analogy to be part of the language family, a word or concept has to be recognisable as part of that family. I convinced that within Australia that most food eaten within Australia would not be recognised as “Australian”. In this sense a [...]

Busy today, so here’s a quick puzzle for you.  What is this gadet that middle class Mexican ladies carry in their purses?  Indispensable when dining.  And note that cute angel perched on a pole. And please don’t tell me these have taken other parts of the world by storm and that Mexico is not leading [...]