Rachel Laudan

A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics

From Three Continents: Black-Eyed Peas in Mexico

By Rachel Laudan April 2, 2012 Food History, Globalization Then and Now, Mexican Food 13 Comments

This morning’s post is for those obessionistas like me who can’t resist digging into the strange and multiple paths along which people have taken plants, in this case the black-eyed…

Who ground the chocolate? Not a trivial question

By Rachel Laudan February 13, 2011 Drink, Food History, Globalization Then and Now, Grinding, Mexican Food 12 Comments

Of all the difficult things to turn into food (and most plants and animals are difficult to turn into food), cacao beans and their processing rank way up there. Let’s…

The long road from cacao to chocolate

By Rachel Laudan July 18, 2010 Drink, Food History, Grinding 13 Comments

Chocolate is an oddity. It’s one of the few native American foodstuffs to make it immediately to the Old World. And now, when anyone who has any pride in their…

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A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics

From Three Continents: Black-Eyed Peas in Mexico

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