Rachel Laudan

To quickly recap what I said in the first post of this series, Krugman uses the presumed awfulness of English food from the early nineteenth century to the 1980s to support his thesis of bad equilibria in market economies, that is, that good things may never be supplied because they have never been requested.  English [...]

In July 1998, the Nobel prizewinner and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman had a blog that featured English food. Then in December of last year, Tyler Cowen of George Mason university, whose economic ideas are usually quite at odds with Krugman’s, gave Krugman’s discussion of English food his endorsement on his very influential blog, [...]

Historical Cooking Classes Anne Bramley of Eat Feed is offering historical cooking classes, on line I think. You’ll get not just recipes (duh) but the whole cultural background. A great opportunity if you are interested particularly in her specialty, early modern English food.  Eat Feed » Classes.    Curry Stones The Old Foodie is always [...]