Rachel Laudan

A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics

More on How to Buy a Simple Grindstone (Metate)

By Rachel Laudan October 1, 2018 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Grinding, Mexican Food No Comments

The commonest question I have in my contact section is “How can I buy a Mexican grindstone (metate) or mortar and pestle (molcajete) in the United States?” Clearly I have…

Who ground the chocolate? Not a trivial question

By Rachel Laudan February 13, 2011 Drink, Food History, Globalization Then and Now, Grinding, Mexican Food 12 Comments

Of all the difficult things to turn into food (and most plants and animals are difficult to turn into food), cacao beans and their processing rank way up there. Let’s…

Mexican-American Flappers-Lazy at the Metate

By Rachel Laudan January 5, 2011 Food History, Food Politics, Grinding No Comments

Flappers with bobbed hair in 1920s America were not just Anglos. Mexican Americans in Texas also bobbed their hair. Here’s a translation of a song, Las Pelonas, the bobbed hairs. …

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