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“Plain and Simple:” The Ideal Diet for a Child According to John Locke

By Rachel Laudan November 14, 2017 Bread, Drink, English Food, Food History, Food Politics 9 Comments
“Plain and Simple:” The Ideal Diet for a Child According to John Locke

“As for [the child’s] diet, it ought to be very plain and simple,” said the philosopher and political theorist John Locke in 1693 in his Thoughts Concerning Education. Bread, bread,…

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A Tarahumara mother encourages her hungry child

By Rachel Laudan August 29, 2010 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Mexican Food 2 Comments

Only indirectly to do with food. I’ve often wondered at the Mexican four and five year-olds (or younger) who trot along beside their mothers for mile after mile.  It induces…

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