Rachel Laudan

Good as Far as It Goes, But It Doesn’t Go Far Enough: Nigella Lawson’s Defense of Home Cooking

By Rachel Laudan April 15, 2018 Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Modern Food 32 Comments

Nigella Lawson, for readers who do not live in the English-speaking world or who do not follow cookbook trends, is an extremely smart, capable and hardworking Englishwoman who for the past…

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Shingles, Blogging, and Opportunities in Food History

By Rachel Laudan April 2, 2018 Food History, Oddities and Things that Don't Fit 18 Comments

  I’ve not had such a long holiday from blogging since I started, I think in 2008. Shingles: A Public Service Message The reason? Shingles, aka Herpes Zoster.  It’s enough…

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Thank you, Breakthrough Institute

By Rachel Laudan January 4, 2018 Adventures, Mainly Culinary 14 Comments

I am still absorbing this award from the Breakthrough Institute. Nothing could make an author happier than knowing that her words have been taken seriously. Thanks to everyone who has…

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