Rachel Laudan

Now grinding seeds is always hard so it’s no wonder that Beatrice resorted to the coffee grinder, especially because she was working with a pestle and mortar, which, even if it is used to shear, is not as effective as a grindstone. Even if you have a grindstone, though, even if you know how to [...]

Chocolate is an oddity. It’s one of the few native American foodstuffs to make it immediately to the Old World. And now, when anyone who has any pride in their foodie credentials praises the fresh and natural, chocolate, one of the most elaborately processed and industrialized foods around, is given a pass and allowed into [...]

Soon I want to introduce another of these toasted ground ur-foods that is still used in parts Europe, the Caribbean and South America. But for now, from readers, toasted ground chia, toasted ground soy beans?  More ur-food toasted flours. From Margaret Conover. But what about chia seed? Most of what I’ve read about pinole states [...]