Rachel Laudan

Europe-Mexico. Discussion w Gene Anderson

By Rachel Laudan October 3, 2010 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Bread, Food History, Mexican Food, Taste 3 Comments

In a comment Gene Anderson asked me to expound on my agreements and disagreements with his introduction to the cuisine of the Maya. I am not going to concentrate on…

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Mayaland Cuisine. Get it now.

By Rachel Laudan October 3, 2010 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Mexican Food, Modern Food, Taste 4 Comments

I suspect that many off you already know all of the work of E. N. Anderson. He’s the author of the classic, The Food of China, a history of China’s…

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Couscous. Can’t-Miss Festival and Origins of Mexican Couscous

By Rachel Laudan September 17, 2010 Food History, Globalization Then and Now, Mexican Food, Modern Food, Taste 4 Comments

I’m green with envy.  I would give anything to be in Los Angeles on the 16th and 17th October, for the  couscous festival, run by Susan Ji-Young Park, a frequent…

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