Rachel Laudan

A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics

In Praise of Bland Food

By Rachel Laudan January 28, 2016 Drink, Food Politics, Taste 18 Comments

7am. Facebook. A post pops up on how to make a chocolate-covered bacon shot glass for your whiskey. I must have missed this phenomenon because when I googled “chocolate-covered bacon…

Was the Agricultural Revolution a Terrible Mistake? Not If You Take Food Processing Into Account

By Rachel Laudan January 21, 2016 Food History, Food Politics, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens 34 Comments

The agriculture-as disaster theory rests, at least in part, on ignoring the work involved importance of processing and cooking food

Creating and Re-Creating Rice, Maize, and Chicken

By Rachel Laudan November 27, 2015 Food History, Food Politics, Mexican Food 1 Comment

We don’t just gather our food. We gather the raw materials and then we turn them into food. The skill and determination that have gone into making food inspire awe.…

Rachel Laudan

A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics

In Praise of Bland Food

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