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By Rachel Laudan May 14, 2008 Oddities and Things that Don't Fit 1 Comment

For the next five weeks I shall be in one place with all my books and my better kitchen. Whew. So, finally, more of the promised articles on servants, experiments…

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Agua Fresca 6: Pungent, Spicy Limonadas

By Rachel Laudan May 5, 2008 Drink, Food History, Globalization Then and Now, Hawaiian Food, Oddities and Things that Don't Fit, Taste 6 Comments

About time for another agua fresca. Or a couple actually, based on that old staple limonada but spiced up. In Mexico, limonada is always made with what in the United…

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The Japanese Butter Shortage: Changing Tastes and the Food Crisis

By Rachel Laudan May 1, 2008 Food History, Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Oddities and Things that Don't Fit 2 Comments

The Japanese are short of butter and considering emergency imports, according to the Wall Street Journal. How the worm turns, at least on the biggish historical scale. A hundred and…

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