Rachel Laudan

Diploma in Mexican Tourism, Including Gastronomy

By Rachel Laudan September 16, 2010 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food Politics, Mexican Food No Comments

Since there were lots of people interested in this, I’ve posted it here.  It’s more general than gastronomy which is a good thing as I don’t think it’s possible to…

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A Tarahumara mother encourages her hungry child

By Rachel Laudan August 29, 2010 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Mexican Food 2 Comments

Only indirectly to do with food. I’ve often wondered at the Mexican four and five year-olds (or younger) who trot along beside their mothers for mile after mile.  It induces…

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Grinding Chocolate by Hand

By Rachel Laudan August 7, 2010 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Grinding, Mexican Food No Comments

Following up on an earlier post about turning cacao beans into chocolate, Lesley Téllez provides a timely lesson on what grinding chocolate on the metate (grindstone) is actually like. Pain…

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