Rachel Laudan

Worried That Big Food Is Deciding What You Eat?

By Rachel Laudan May 8, 2014 Food History, Food Politics, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Mexican Food 4 Comments

Take heart then, as I do, from this little book that I picked up in a small secondhand store in the south of Mexico City.   It was published in…

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Do Emigrants Create National (or Regional) Cuisines?

By Rachel Laudan April 18, 2014 Food History, Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Modern Food, Oddities and Things that Don't Fit 20 Comments

I think in some cases emigrants do create national or regional cuisines. They create them in their new countries. And then they introduce them to their home countries. Not always,…

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Wheat, Glorious Wheat: Borlaug100

By Rachel Laudan April 4, 2014 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Bread, Food History, Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Grinding, Modern Food 14 Comments

One of the great things about working on “food” is that it’s such a huge and various subject. This past week I was lucky enough to be one of 700…

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