Rachel Laudan

It’s Not Just English Speakers: Culinary Newsletters and More in Spain and Mexico

By Rachel Laudan September 2, 2018 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Mexican Food, Modern Food, Taste No Comments
It’s Not Just English Speakers: Culinary Newsletters and More in Spain and Mexico

Almost exactly a month ago, I posted about The Culinary Newsletter’s Golden Age in the 1980s and 1990s.  It focussed on culinary newsletters but the underlying theme was an upsurge of…

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On Food, Technological Fixes, and the Breakthrough Dialogue

By Rachel Laudan June 28, 2018 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, How To Do Food History 4 Comments
On Food, Technological Fixes, and the Breakthrough Dialogue

Here’s a rambling post but, yes, I do get to food, and eventually to the Breakthrough Dialogue.   In 1973, I took my first job in the United States at…

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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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