Rachel Laudan

One of the hardest things to figure out about food, if you live in the US, is how tastes are changing in other parts of the world. Cookbooks and food magazines spend most of their time exploring “authentic” traditional cuisines. So it was great to find Farid Zadi’s summary of how Algerian Cuisine has changed [...]

That’s a question I have been asked several times. In my Mexican Kitchen’s Islamic Connection I mention only the Mughals. Yes, clearly there was. Muslims conquerers had begun entering India around 1200, 300 plus years before the Mughals. The traveler Al-Biruni describes (more or less accurately) meals at the sultans’ courts. The Sultans of Mandu [...]

Alimentación prehispánica: Legado milenario de sabores y saberes A great series with many of Mexico’s most distinguished food scholars Del miércoles 26 de septiembre al 28 de noviembre de 18:00 a 20:00 hrs. 26 de septiembre Introducción al universo de cultura alimentaria prehispánica Luis Alberto Vargas 3 de octubre La milpa Robert Bye 10 de [...]