Rachel Laudan

Microwave Chicharron and Pourable Guacamole

By Rachel Laudan August 5, 2008 Mexican Food, Modern Food 13 Comments

Well, a lot of serious posts recently. So here’s something on the lighter side. In the supermarkets near you, if you live in Mexico that is, straight from Bogota, Columbia…

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The January 2007 “Tortilla Riots” in Mexico. Really?

By Rachel Laudan July 30, 2008 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food Politics, Modern Food 8 Comments

I’ve been biting my tongue (or restraining my fingers) for months now. But yesterday an article in the New York Times once again took the protests in Mexico City against…

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Agua Fresca 12: Horchata de Cebada (Barley)

By Rachel Laudan July 22, 2008 Drink, Globalization Then and Now, Mexican Food, Modern Food 11 Comments

Continuing with the complicated horchata family, let’s go on to horchata (or agua) de cebada, that is horchata of barley. Technically this is redundant because the word “horchata” comes from…

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