Rachel Laudan

Reality Check. Home Cooking in Mexico and Burundi

By Rachel Laudan August 4, 2008 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Food Politics 5 Comments

I’ve had some wonderful comments on my earlier post, Your Friend the Kitchen, Really? And I’ve been mulling over some books I’ve been reading about food security, global food supplies,…

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Migrating with a Millstone around the Neck: Italian-Mexicans

By Rachel Laudan August 2, 2008 Food History, Globalization Then and Now, Grinding, Mexican Food 8 Comments

Well, not around the neck but from the village in Italy, on to the ship, off load and reload in railroad cars, and then off load and slog up the…

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Pyramids in Guanajuato

By Rachel Laudan August 1, 2008 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Mexican Food, Taste 19 Comments

For ages, no one thought much of the pre-hispanic cultures of Guanajuato. Compared to the Mayas or the Olmecs or the Aztecs and the spectacular remains they left, there just…

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