Rachel Laudan

Leap frogging the Pacific: Chocolate and the Acapulco Galleon

By Rachel Laudan November 11, 2009 Food History, Globalization Then and Now, Mexican Food 9 Comments

The Pacific is a terrifying ocean.  It’s not so much the storms.  The Indian Ocean and the north Atlantic, the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn trump it there. …

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Golden tejocote: Praise to a humble Day of the Dead fruit

By Rachel Laudan November 1, 2009 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Mexican Food, Taste 12 Comments

A clutch of tejocotes (te-ho-COT-es) with a plum tomato by their side to give you a sense of scale.  They look like minature golden apples, don’t they? Doll’s apples. So…

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No sweat

By Rachel Laudan October 24, 2009 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Mexican Food 4 Comments

Really, grinding’s no sweat.  Put on a pretty dress, find ribbons for your hair, layer on the jewelry, hang your hat in the corner of the kitchen and buckle down…

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