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Why We Should Love Fast, New, Processed Food. This plea for culinary modernism argues for the virtues of modern food.

And here’s Slow Food: The French Terroir Strategy and Culinary Modernism, An Essay Review of Petrini’s Slow Food an a movement I’d love to love but just can’t.

And why desperately seeking authenticity is a hopeless venture, an article I published in the Los Angeles Times on Dec. 9th 2001.

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  1. deb barshafsky says:

    Your “plea for culinary modernism” is amazing. The article is a required read for a gastronomy course I’m taking. It is the most thought-provoking piece I’ve consumed thus far. You just acquired a new fan.

    Posted July 23, 2008 @ 1:29 pm
  2. Rachel Laudan says:

    Hi Deb,

    That’s a great compliment specially when I look at your blog and see all the interesting things you have written. I look forward to further interaction.

    Posted July 23, 2008 @ 8:21 pm

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