Rachel Laudan

Puddings in comtemporary Mexico

By Rachel Laudan November 6, 2009 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Mexican Food 5 Comments

One last post on this and I will shut up.  In Ricardo Muñoz’s great Diccionaria enciclopedica de la gastronomía mexicana (2000), it’s clear that the budín/pudín distinction is no longer…

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Savory puddings (or the lack thereof) in 19th century Mexico

By Rachel Laudan November 4, 2009 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Globalization Then and Now, Mexican Food 1 Comment

To reply to Peter Herzmann’s comment, black pudding (or its Spanish Mexican equivalent) is alive and well in the Diccionario. There are three pages on morcilla and morcon, blood sausage,…

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Pudding and Informal Empire

By Rachel Laudan November 4, 2009 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Mexican Food 4 Comments

I thought it might be fun to follow up the fortunes of pudding elsewhere than in Greece about which you can read here and here and here (comments). Here’s the…

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