Rachel Laudan

And while we’re at it, here’s an enthusiastic review of Righteous Pork Chop by Nicolette Hahn Niman (yes, the Niman ranch Niman).  It’s  from Eat Me Daily, a blog that always has offbeat, interesting and well written articles.
“From family farms brimming with healthy, free-range chicken, cattle and hogs, we steadily marched toward a Dickensian, standardized, [...]

Percentage rise in price in Mexican supermarkets from29 April to 5 May
Chlorox   234
Mayo           27.7
Eggs             12.5
Fideos         21.6
Beans           54
Guavas        40   (on account of their high vitamin C content)
Average number of carts in line for each cashier last weekend     15
Fall in sales of pork    70-90%
Fall in price of live pigs 22 pesos to 11 pesos (per kilo presumably)
Number [...]

To fill out the chicharrón thread, and in case you missed this in her comment, here is Sonia Bañuelos on chicharron in Zacatecas which is toward the north of central Mexico–and in Italy!
My family is from Zacatecas and they would slaughter a pig twice a year. The skin and extra fat bits were always fried [...]