Rachel Laudan

If you don’t want to find yrself a crumpled pile on the floor, have agonizing ambulance drive, worse xrays of right arm, scary pic of separated twisted bones, and no control of right hand, 2-3 hr surgery, 4 days in hospital, thousands of dollars in medical expenses (TG for insurance), then don’t. just because you [...]

I’m green with envy.  I would give anything to be in Los Angeles on the 16th and 17th October, for the  couscous festival, run by Susan Ji-Young Park, a frequent commentator on this blog, and her husband Farid Zadi.  Here’s what Farid has to say about the genesis of the festival. My parents immigrated to [...]

Since there were lots of people interested in this, I’ve posted it here.  It’s more general than gastronomy which is a good thing as I don’t think it’s possible to do gastronomy without some understanding of the general culture. __________________ First, the informational meeting. La UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO, la COORDINACIÓN DE HUMANIDADES, el [...]