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Reality Check. Home Cooking in Mexico and Burundi

By Rachel Laudan August 4, 2008 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Food Politics 5 Comments

I’ve had some wonderful comments on my earlier post, Your Friend the Kitchen, Really? And I’ve been mulling over some books I’ve been reading about food security, global food supplies,…

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Grinding: A Puzzle from 5th Century Greece

By Rachel Laudan September 15, 2007 Food History 3 Comments

I’m always looking out for anything that sheds light on grinding with a saddle quern (or a metate as it would be called in Mexico). Museums often have some dusty…

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