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Fascinating Finds
Tori highly recommends these fabulous food history reads...
- 97 ORCHARD In “97 Orchard,” Jane Ziegelman explores the culinary life of New York’s Lower East Side around the turn of the twentieth century—where Germans, Irish, Italians, and Eastern European Jews attempted to forge a new life.
- THE MEDIEVAL KITCHEN – RECIPES FROM FRANCE AND ITALY “The Medieval Kitchen” is a delightful work in which historians Odile Redon, Françoise Sabban, and Silvano Serventi rescue from dark obscurity the glorious cuisine of the Middle Ages.
- THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK Offering a panoramic view of the history and culture of food and drink in America, “The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink” provides a concise, authoritative, and exuberant look at this modern American obsession.
May 2013
- May 21, 2013 - Crispy Baked Eggs
- May 15, 2013 - Prohibition, The Great Gatsby and The Bee’s Knees
February 2013
- February 13, 2013 - Who Is Betty Crocker?
January 2013
- January 17, 2013 - Recipe for Chicken and Waffles
December 2012
- December 20, 2012 - Drinking with Charles Dickens – The Smoking Bishop
November 2012
- November 14, 2012 - Thanksgiving, Lincoln and Pumpkin Pudding
- November 14, 2012 - Apple Pudding from the Mother of Thanksgiving
- November 11, 2012 - Cooking on a Ration – Nutty Sweet Potato Casserole
- November 2, 2012 - Cary Grant’s Oven-Barbecued Chicken
October 2012
- October 17, 2012 - Halloween Devil’s Food Cupcakes
September 2012
- September 30, 2012 - Andersen’s Split Pea Soup
- September 19, 2012 - What the Union Soldiers Ate – Civil War Beef Stew
August 2012
- August 22, 2012 - Opera, Escoffier & Peaches: The Peach Melba
- August 10, 2012 - What They Ate at Hearst Castle – Welsh Rarebit
- August 3, 2012 - Fried Green Tomatoes
July 2012
- July 20, 2012 - Anne of Green Gables Raspberry Cordial
- July 6, 2012 - Andy’s Angel Food Cake – A Tribute to Andy Griffith
April 2012
- April 15, 2012 - What They Ate on Titanic – Salmon Mousseline
February 2012
- February 23, 2012 - Cucumber Rye Tea Sandwiches from “The Help”
- February 16, 2012 - What Thomas Jefferson Ate – Marinated Asparagus
- February 15, 2012 - What Thomas Jefferson Ate – White Bean Soup
- February 11, 2012 - What Abraham Lincoln Ate – Apple Bread Pudding
- February 9, 2012 - What Milton Hershey Ate – Chocolate Kiss Cakelets
- February 7, 2012 - Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Molasses Cookies
- February 3, 2012 - What Rosa Parks Ate – Peanut Butter Pancakes
January 2012
- January 13, 2012 - What The Golden Girls Ate – Cheesecake
- January 8, 2012 - What Elvis Presley Ate – Sunday Meatloaf
December 2011
- December 9, 2011 - What Emily Dickinson Ate – Coconut Cake
August 2011
- August 16, 2011 - What Elvis Presley Ate – Skillet Cornbread
- August 10, 2011 - Pie Crust Pinwheels
- August 4, 2011 - Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
- August 3, 2011 - Old Fashioned All-Butter Pie Crust
July 2011
- July 5, 2011 - Chocolate Icebox Pie
- July 1, 2011 - What George Washington Ate – Preserved Cherries
March 2011
- March 24, 2011 - What the Colonial Virginians Ate – Apple Tansey
February 2011
- February 28, 2011 - What the Tudors Ate – Rice Pudding
- February 23, 2011 - What the Ancient Israelites Ate – Jacob’s Lentil Stew
August 2010
- August 18, 2010 - What the Ancient Israelites Ate – Ful Mudammas