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A Small Cautionary Tale about Cookbooks and Authenticity

By Rachel Laudan October 13, 2021 Food History, Globalization Then and Now, How To Do Food History 6 Comments

When I moved to Mexico in the mid 1990s, I took a series of cooking classes from a very charming and knowledgeable Mexican woman.  She started each class by passing…

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Desperately Seeking Authenticity

By Rachel Laudan February 18, 2008 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Mexican Food 3 Comments

I finally got around to scanning and posting an article called desperately seeking authenticity that I published in the Los Angeles Times on 9 December 2001.  It was a lot…

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