Rachel Laudan

Creating Flavor in the Home Kitchen: A Quick Historical Overview of the Last Half Century

By Rachel Laudan August 1, 2017 Food History, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Taste 8 Comments

Since today is the official publication date of The Art of Flavor by Daniel Patterson and Mandy Aftel, which I have already written about here, it seemed a good moment to put…

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Reading and Pondering: IFT17

By Rachel Laudan July 6, 2017 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Globalization Then and Now, Modern Food, Taste No Comments
Reading and Pondering: IFT17

    208 pages long, 8 1/2 by 11 in size, this is the program and exhibit directory for the Institute of Food Technologist’s 2017 meeting from June 25th to…

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Reading and Pondering: The Art of Flavor

By Rachel Laudan June 30, 2017 Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Modern Food, Taste 17 Comments
Reading and Pondering: The Art of Flavor

“Do you know of any cookbooks that tell you how to create flavor?” I was flattered to be asked because the questioner was the California perfumer, Mandy Aftel.  I’ve always…

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