Rachel Laudan

Mole Festival in Guanajuato

By Rachel Laudan September 12, 2008 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Mexican Food 3 Comments

Should you just happen to be in Guanajuato on 27th September, there will be a mole festival in the delightful Plaza San Fernando. MN$ 100 to get in, book signing…

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Until Friday

By Rachel Laudan September 10, 2008 Oddities and Things that Don't Fit No Comments

Thanks so much for all the comments.  I’m off on a jaunt to a neighboring town tomorrow to visit friends and poke about.  And I’m not the kind of organized…

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Fish and yogurt versus cucumber and yogurt

By Rachel Laudan September 10, 2008 Food History 7 Comments

Some years ago I remember reading a discussion of fish and yogurt, I believe in the food history journal Petits Propos Culinaires.  The question was why in the Middle East…

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