Rachel Laudan

A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics

Servants in the Kitchen: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t

By Rachel Laudan April 11, 2016 Food History, Food Politics, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Modern Food 17 Comments

Some years ago, Saveur magazine, which was running a series on kitchens, asked to include my kitchen in Mexico. I wrote and re-wrote a short piece and they sent a…

Of Soft Food, Now and in the Past

By Rachel Laudan March 6, 2016 Food History, Food Politics, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Modern Food 24 Comments

For most of the past year, one of member of my household has been unable to chew. Apart from the invasive (not to mention jaw-droppingly expensive) dental work that made…

Was the Agricultural Revolution a Terrible Mistake? Not If You Take Food Processing Into Account

By Rachel Laudan January 21, 2016 Food History, Food Politics, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens 34 Comments

The agriculture-as disaster theory rests, at least in part, on ignoring the work involved importance of processing and cooking food

Rachel Laudan

A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics

Servants in the Kitchen: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t

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