Rachel Laudan

Food shopping in Mexico is changing so fast it’s hard to keep up. Every trip even to Sam’s and Costco offers lots of food for thought.  Here are three for today. 1. The big Italian pasta company Barilla is taking on traditional Mexican pasta.  Of course for ages the Wal-Mart chain has been selling Barilla [...]

Here’s a recipe from a nineteenth-century manuscript cookbook from Jalisco, a state in the center of Mexico. Duro de harina [chicharrón] (literally something hard of flour) One quarter of flour, a teaspoon of salt, another of sodium bicarbonate; dissolve all this in a liter of water.  In another pot or vessel, pour another liter of [...]

Following up on Adam’s latest comment, here’s a link to the eGullet discussion on pasta since it’s sometimes complicated to find your way around eGullet.  If you don’t know eGullet, it’s worth getting to know as there are lots of knowledgeable people there. There are also lots of people who love to throw around their [...]