Rachel Laudan

In My Inbox

By Rachel Laudan December 27, 2018 Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Mexican Food, Modern Food 1 Comment

Life is going to be a bit busy for the next few weeks, so some quick postings of articles and books in my in box.  One favorite food journal, one…

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How to Buy a Metate (Simple Grindstone) in the United States

By Rachel Laudan May 15, 2017 Food History, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Grinding, Mexican Food 16 Comments

The question readers of my blog ask most frequently is “Where in the United States can I buy a metate (the shaped stone slabs on which Mexican women traditionally ground…

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Heavy Lifting: The Potato, the Poor, and Pleasure in Ireland

By Rachel Laudan January 19, 2017 English Food, Food History, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Taste 19 Comments
Heavy Lifting: The Potato, the Poor, and Pleasure in Ireland

In this long post (you’ve been warned), I’m going to try to imagine the potato cuisine of the Irish poor in the century before the Great Famine of 1845-52. In…

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