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Those brown spots, swollen joints and tender gums

By Rachel Laudan April 8, 2012 Food History, Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Modern Food No Comments

He was just a little boy.  He lived in the country.  So why were brown spots spreading on his skin, why were his joints swollen and aching, why were his…

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What to Do about the Food of the Poor: Mexico City 1940s and 50s

By Rachel Laudan November 19, 2007 Food History, Food Politics, Mexican Food 1 Comment

Sandra Aguilar, a Mexican friend who is completing a Ph.D. at the University of Manchester, just sent me a paper she published this month in The Americas called “Cooking Modernity:…

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