Rachel Laudan

    The New York Times a couple of days ago had a long and well researched article on the slowing of Mexican migration to the United States. Yeah. Mexican is getting wealthier.  In fact Mexico is now 80% urban, something that has a lot to do with this.  Peasants eking out a living on [...]

Few customs are now more ensconced in Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations than the pan de muerto, the traditional bread, rich in eggs and sugar, and decorated with bread bones, sold in  every bakery and supermarket (though this is my effort, tastes better with real butter and orange flower water and anise water, looks [...]

I’m green with envy.  I would give anything to be in Los Angeles on the 16th and 17th October, for the  couscous festival, run by Susan Ji-Young Park, a frequent commentator on this blog, and her husband Farid Zadi.  Here’s what Farid has to say about the genesis of the festival. My parents immigrated to [...]