Rachel Laudan

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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So You’ve Settled Some Land, Now How Do You Make A Go Of It? Lampasas and San Saba, Texas

By Rachel Laudan October 5, 2017 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Mexican Food 7 Comments
So You’ve Settled Some Land, Now How Do You Make A Go Of It? Lampasas and San Saba, Texas

I’ve moved around a lot in my life.  After a couple of years in a new place learning the basics, I get the urge to explore around, to fill in…

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Restaurants and White Supremacy

By Rachel Laudan August 24, 2017 Food History, Food Politics, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Modern Food, Taste 5 Comments

Reflecting on recent events, Tunde Wey, raised in Lagos, Nigeria and now working as a chef and writer in New Orleans, has a piece out that takes as its focus…

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