American Cookbooks: History 101 (II)

April 30, 2009

Continued from April 28, 2009: By the 1820s other cookbooks followed, The Virginia Housewife among them, written by Mary Randolph, …

Hunger and Hope

April 29, 2009

Today, even as I immerse myself in the wonders of African cooking, I need to mention malnutrition and hunger. In …

April 28, 2009

(The following comments stem from a talk I gave to a group interested in the Peacock-Harper Culinary History collection at …

April 27, 2009

Despite the title [No Picnic on Mount Kenya: A Daring Escape, A Perilous Climb, by Felice Benuzzi], this is a …

April 26, 2009

[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]