Rachel Laudan

Panamá Gastronómica. For Real

By Rachel Laudan June 26, 2010 Food History, Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Modern Food 10 Comments

Girls in national dress primping in bathroom Sorry to all those who checked an earlier post to find a blank page.  A genie.  So here we go again. One of…

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Fueling Mexico City: A Grain Revolution

By Rachel Laudan June 14, 2010 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Food Politics, Grinding, Mexican Food, Modern Food 20 Comments

So here’s Nicola Twilley’s transcript of  Fueling Mexico City: A Grain Revolution, the talk I gave at Postopolis 2010 last week in Mexico City.  Do go to her post too…

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Migrants, Nationalism and Culinary Heritage

By Rachel Laudan June 12, 2010 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Hawaiian Food, Modern Food 9 Comments

Back to the question of culinary heritage that I blogged about a couple of weeks ago.  And to my book, The Food of Paradise: Exploring Hawaii’s Culinary Heritage. When I…

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