Rachel Laudan

Metates (”simple” grindstones) are one of my passions and I must post more on them. But today visiting the recently-opened archaeological site, Plazuelas, in the southern part of the state of Guanajuato, I saw a use for them that had me stunned.

OK, I realize that photo is not entirely clear. It’s the woman’s [...]

I missed this op-ed in the New York Times by Dan Barber when it appeared on Sunday. Sunday was our day for the Mexico City to Guanajuato run and thus not a day for sitting at the computer perusing the papers. I’m glad I missed it because I’d have spent the whole day [...]

I’m a wimp. I’m a complete wimp. I’ve been going to conferences all my adult life. Always the idea is that groups go out to sample the best of the restaurants in the city. Now that I’m doing food, not science, that expectation is upped by an order of magnitude.
Now it sounds just lovely. [...]