Rachel Laudan

The sacrificial feast? A nice little sideline for the priests?

By Rachel Laudan November 29, 2009 Food History 13 Comments

To what extent do you think that whole sacrifice thing was just nice little sideline for keeping the priests well fed? And, by extension, their flock, once the priests had…

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English influence on Greek food

By Rachel Laudan November 25, 2009 Food History, Globalization Then and Now 1 Comment

So pleased to have Sam Sotiropoulos join the debate about whether Greek food owes anything to the British. Be sure to check his comments about how kumquats and probably potatoes…

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Bread first or beer first? A bad question

By Rachel Laudan November 21, 2009 Bread, Drink, Food History, Grinding 6 Comments

Which came first, bread or beer? The very possibility that we brewed beer before we baked bread sounds–well–it sounds sexy.  How titillating to think that people rushed to make something…

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