Rachel Laudan

The Supply Side Problem with Insects as Food

By Rachel Laudan January 14, 2019 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Modern Food, Taste 11 Comments
The Supply Side Problem with Insects as Food

  Chatting this morning with an advocate for increasing insect consumption among humans, I was reminded that I have long thought there was a largely unacknowledged stumbling block to this…

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The Loveliest Night of the Year

By Rachel Laudan December 25, 2018 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Globalization Then and Now 3 Comments

When I woke up on Christmas day in 1951 or 52, at the bottom of my bed sat a pink music box. I was only seven or eight at the…

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More on How to Buy a Simple Grindstone (Metate)

By Rachel Laudan October 1, 2018 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Grinding, Mexican Food No Comments

The commonest question I have in my contact section is “How can I buy a Mexican grindstone (metate) or mortar and pestle (molcajete) in the United States?” Clearly I have…

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