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Fish and yogurt versus cucumber and yogurt

By Rachel Laudan September 10, 2008 Food History 7 Comments

Some years ago I remember reading a discussion of fish and yogurt, I believe in the food history journal Petits Propos Culinaires.  The question was why in the Middle East…

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Where does Mole Come From? From the Mediterranean or from Mexico?

By Rachel Laudan September 24, 2007 Food History, Mexican Food 11 Comments

I write this in large part in response to Colman Andrew’s interesting comment on my post on a recipe using Catalan picada. In it he concedes that mole has pre-hispanic…

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