Rachel Laudan

This morning’s post is for those obessionistas like me who can’t resist digging into the strange and multiple paths along which people have taken plants, in this case the black-eyed pea (aka the cow pea or Vigna unguiculata). It was first domesticated in West Africa, botanists tell us. A couple of years ago I posted [...]

Can I really have been blogging for more than three years?  In that time I have moved from the colonial town of Guanajuato in central Mexico to the huge metropolis of Mexico City.  It’s almost like moving from one country to another.  There are so many provincial customs that are muted here, particularly in old-established [...]

A couple of days ago, I had a sharp “oh no!” reaction to a Facebook thread where lots of people I respect were enthusing over the prospect that the famous Catalan chef, Ferran Adrià, was thinking about opening a Mexican restaurant in Barcelona.   And since I’ve been trying to figure out why my first reaction [...]