Rachel Laudan

Fast Food Better Food. Idea of the Day in the New York Times.

By Rachel Laudan August 11, 2010 Food History, Food Politics, Modern Food 24 Comments

Nice, very nice actually, to be idea of the day in the New York Times blog.  The idea, in a nutshell, is that modern food is great, a huge improvement…

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The Cuisine of the Venezuelan Andes

By Rachel Laudan August 8, 2010 Food History, Oddities and Things that Don't Fit 18 Comments

Jean-Luc Crucifix The last few days I’ve been corresponding with several people about how to use the internet to record the cuisines of the humble. This site, Forgotten Recipies of…

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Grinding Chocolate by Hand

By Rachel Laudan August 7, 2010 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Grinding, Mexican Food No Comments

Following up on an earlier post about turning cacao beans into chocolate, Lesley Téllez provides a timely lesson on what grinding chocolate on the metate (grindstone) is actually like. Pain…

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