Rachel Laudan

“A Good Cook:” A Pandemic Reflection On My Mother’s 104th Birthday

By Rachel Laudan October 13, 2020 English Food, Food History, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens 14 Comments
“A Good Cook:” A Pandemic Reflection On My Mother’s 104th Birthday

I felt mulish today. Six months with one meal away from home. No outing further than 30 miles. Seeing friends and family only in constrained circumstances. Enough, enough. Time for…

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The Gritter Board: Or How to Process Half-Dried Corn

By Rachel Laudan August 28, 2020 Food History, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Grinding 6 Comments
The Gritter Board: Or How to Process Half-Dried Corn

Last week the latest issue of The Millstone: Journal of the Kentucky Old Mill Association arrived in my mail box. It included a reprint of an article by Martin Brooks…

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Words Matter. Declaring “The Food System Is (or Isn’t) Broken” Does Not Help Understand or Improve the Food Supply

By Rachel Laudan May 5, 2020 Food Politics, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Modern Food 7 Comments

There’s been lots of hoo-ha on social media around “The Food System Is/Isn’t Broken.”  Combatants have diverse definitions of broken that are not my concern in this particular post. My…

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