Rachel Laudan

A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics

Yes, Cheese Was Made 7,200 Years Ago. What Really Matters, Though, Is How Food Processing Brought About Wider Changes in Human Life

By Rachel Laudan September 12, 2018 Farming, Food History, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens 6 Comments

Discovering that something–cheese, in this case–goes back further than we thought is always a headline grabber. Ancient cheese has been all over the popular science headlines for the past few…

Does the horchata family of drinks stretch as far as China?

By Rachel Laudan August 30, 2017 Drink, Food History, Modern Food 5 Comments

The horchata family of drinks are suspensions or emulsions of grains, nuts, seeds, or roots in water, almost invariably sweetened to some degree. It is my belief that they go…

Dairies, calves and beef

By Rachel Laudan October 30, 2012 Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now 1 Comment

I’ve been ruminating a bit on the relations between dairy and beef, following my last post on India as a big milk producer now also being a big beef exporter. …

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A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics

Yes, Cheese Was Made 7,200 Years Ago. What Really Matters, Though, Is How Food Processing Brought About Wider Changes in Human Life

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