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Butter for Industry. Or Non-Food Uses of Farm Products

By Rachel Laudan December 7, 2012 Food History, Food Politics 3 Comments

From Nick Trachet of the Brussel Nieuws The county of Flanders was in the Ancien Régime known as Butter Country.  The peasants made and sold butter and lived on butter…

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Agua Fresca 11: Horchata de Chufa

By Rachel Laudan July 4, 2008 Drink 6 Comments

Well, the afternoon of the 4th July seems like a good time to post about horchata de chufa. It would make a perfect drink to go along with a picnic…

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