Rachel Laudan

I’m posting this because I was clearing out my files and throwing away much that I had collected during my cheese-making phase. That is now over, partly because I’ve learned what I wanted to know about cheese-making, partly because it’s becoming increasingly possible to buy reasonably good-quality hard cheeses, a staple for a northern [...]

While I’m on the subject of aguas frescas, Bob Mrotek has a follow up post to his earlier post on cebadina including some interesting thoughts on why both tamarind and jamaica are traditionally ingredients. And while you’re at it you can learn about cebadina’s North American cousins, the family of fizzies.
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The title of this article in the Wall Street Journal is “‘Saudi Arabia of Milk’ [that's New Zealand in case you hadn't guessed] Hits Production Limit.”
Don’t let that fool you. It has some very interesting statistics on the relation between farm size, efficiency, and capital investment. In an atmosphere when even supposedly responsible [...]