Rachel Laudan

Cheap Chicken

By Rachel Laudan February 9, 2008 Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Modern Food 5 Comments

Thanks, Adam, for your comment that the foodie establishment in the UK is down on cheap chicken. It neatly brings together a couple of other stories I wanted to mention.…

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Hawaii, Punahou, Malasadas, and Barack Obama

By Rachel Laudan February 6, 2008 Food Politics, Hawaiian Food No Comments

Hawaii has a way of changing the way you think about the world. If you can once penetrate the tourist curtain, it’s one of the most interesting places in the…

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Nose Cartilage? The Global Trade in Beef

By Rachel Laudan January 31, 2008 Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now No Comments

An older but interesting article from the Wall Street Journal about how Brasilian beef carcasses are dismembered for the global trade. Nasal cartilage goes off to Hong Kong for soup,…

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