Rachel Laudan

What’s the True History of Pizza? Consider Argentina

By Rachel Laudan October 25, 2017 Bread, Food History, Food Politics, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Globalization Then and Now 20 Comments
What’s the True History of Pizza? Consider Argentina

Yes, the title of this post does verge on clickbait.  In the popular imagination and in a large number of articles and books, the history of pizza is located firmly…

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Five Takeaways from Food Tech for Social Good, Austin Startup Week

By Rachel Laudan October 12, 2017 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food Politics, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Modern Food 4 Comments

Yesterday I made a rare sortie into downtown Austin to attend a “Food Tech for Social Good,” one of many, many events during session Austin Startup Week. Joi Chevalier of…

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Gone Fishing: From West Africa to Scandinavia and Back

By Rachel Laudan October 9, 2017 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Modern Food 9 Comments

  OK. Here goes with a post that is nerdy beyond belief. I love nerdy. Drying fish so that it lasts and lasts instead of going bad is one of…

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