Rachel Laudan

Not only is it possible to create a false memory of a food that made you sick, that supposed memory changes your behavior for a long time.  Interesting study from many perspectives: psychology, ethics, and dieting too.

I first encountered the word “naco” a few years ago when it popped up on lots of bumper stickers in Mexico. At first I confused it with “narco” (short for narcotraficante, drug dealer). But then it dawned on me that only someone English who had been trained to say all her “r’s” as [...]

A propos the comments on watching the killing of animals for meat, a couple of photos.

It is accompanied by shrink-wrapped “maiz para pozole,” that is, hominy for the classic meal in a bowl, pozole.