Rachel Laudan

Edit.  I had planned this as a happy Christmas post. I had no idea that as I poked about in the world of bacalao I would find the fishy underside that I talk about at the end.  It left me slightly at a loss though, thinking some reality check on the extra-Norwegian world of imitations, [...]

I was chatting with Mexican friends the other day about the mountains of glossy catalogs that are delivered with newspapers in the weeks running up to Christmas.  It prompted me to re-post extracts that I showed a year or two ago showing the gifts available for everyone from business associates to humblest servant. Here’s a [...]

Using NPD’s National Eating Trends®(NET®) research, which has continually tracked the eating and drinking habits of U.S. consumers for over 30 years, MyPlate days were calculated based on consumers who, on the same day, achieved at least 70 percent of the daily recommended intake for dairy, fruit, grains, proteins and vegetables. For the average consumer, [...]