A Hawaii Story for the Inauguration. Part III of IV
On the noticeboard to the right of my computer I’ve pinned up a restaurant menu. “Welcome Rachel Laudan,” it says across the top, “October 29th 2008.” And the restaurant staff…
Read moreA Hawaii Story (for the Inauguration) Part I
In November, thanks to Les Dames d’Escoffier, I had the chance to fulfill a dream and go back to Hawaii. We lived lived there from 1987 to 1997. I went…
Read moreA Historian’s Thoughts on Obesity
1. How do you get the right balance of calories in and calories out, to use the phrase from Cindy’s comment on my earlier post? Very tricky. Through most of…
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