Rachel Laudan

Bacalao for Mexican Christmas Dinner: A Fishy Tale

By Rachel Laudan December 23, 2011 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Globalization Then and Now, Mexican Food 27 Comments

Edit.  I had planned this as a happy Christmas post. I had no idea that as I poked about in the world of bacalao I would find the fishy underside…

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Christmas and Class

By Rachel Laudan December 20, 2011 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food Politics 2 Comments

I was chatting with Mexican friends the other day about the mountains of glossy catalogs that are delivered with newspapers in the weeks running up to Christmas.  It prompted me…

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How Long did Traditional Mexican Grinding Take?

By Rachel Laudan December 14, 2011 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Grinding, Mexican Food 5 Comments

Heike Vibrans asks a number of good questions about my earlier post on the human energy required to grind maize the traditional Mexican way before the appearance of mills beginning…

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