Rachel Laudan

Maize is getting such bad press at the moment in the United States.  But it is such a wonderful grain, so flexible, so many appealing products. Arepas, as you doubtless know, are the national dish, the daily bread of Venezuela (and other parts of Latin America).  I’d had the Panamanian variety last year and was [...]

Last week Onkel Bob posted a long response to my post, Bread first or beer first? A bad question. He made several interesting points but the most important point, to which he kept returning, was “How did agriculture start at all?” or “What prompted widespread fields?” That’s an interesting question.  But in my opinion it [...]

I’m shamelessly copying from Steve Sando, whom many of you know for his superlative beans, who is equally shamelessly copying from Diana Kennedy, whom many of you know for her cookbooks that record the recipes of late twentieth century Mexico. I’m just tagging along on this one.  I would say that juice is the wrong [...]