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Peeled Walnuts: Awesome, Really

By Rachel Laudan July 4, 2009 Food History, Globalization Then and Now, Mexican Food 5 Comments

What a thing of beauty.  Here’s a fresh walnut, just out of the shell, its white flesh gleaming like moonlight, and the bit of skin I have peeled back waving…

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White Nut-Based Sauces: From Apicius to Modern Mexico

By Rachel Laudan February 2, 2008 Food History No Comments

We have just one cookbook from the Roman Empire and it’s always known as Apicius. For a long time the author was thought to be a great gourmet. No, say…

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