Rachel Laudan

Now the move from Mexico City to Austin, Texas is largely behind me and there’s a whole month before the move back, I’ve had time to browse Roberto Santibañez’s Truly Mexican.  It’s the Mexican cookbook I’ve been wanting for a long time (and I don’t say that just because Roberto is kind enough to mention [...]

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 [...]