Rachel Laudan

Thanks to everyone who has commented. I’m thrilled when blogging leads me to extend or reconsider my ideas.
To begin with, I agree that carnitas are a special meal. To add to the stories, the first time I had them was when I was invited to the rancho (village) of a maestro albañil. [...]

Here’s a post that just crept up on me. There was mention of carnitas at a wedding in the Mexican countryside. I read yet one more cookbook published in America describing how to make carnitas by cooking chunks of leg of pork in water until it evaporated and then frying. And I returned [...]

So much of food politics swirls around corn at the moment: denunciations of corn as the cause of growing obesity or the poster child for agribusiness; the problems of CM crops; the economics of biofuel; and how American corn politics affects other parts of the world.
And of these other parts of the world, few are [...]