Lumberjack Culinary Lingo
Unlike cowboy lingo, lumberjack lingo did not add many words to the pantheon of American spoken English. Nevertheless, this fascinating …
Tag Archives: American Cooking
Bean Burners and Hash Rasslers: More Logging Camp Food
On a typical day in 1929, cooks at Ritter Company Camps of Dickenson County, Virginia , served the following menus …
The Appetite of Paul Bunyan
Legends and folklore provide wonderful entrées into cultures. And in the United States we’ve generated a few of these delectable …
Questions, and More Questions …
I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a …
The Triumvirate of American Cooking
TRIUMVIRATE: Latin triumvirātus, from triumvirī, board of three [men] Americans owe a lot to the following three people — without …
Manuscript Cookbooks
Three manuscript cookbooks held in Virginia Tech’s Newman Library’s Special Collections promise rich material for food history scholars. Food historian …
Roots on My Mind: Rutabagas
‘The next we come to is the Rootabaga Country where the big city is the Village of Liver-and-Onions,’ said Gimme …
500 Years of Grapes and Wine in America: A Remarkable Story
Curated by Prof. Dan Longone and Jan Longone, February 16-May 29, 2009 Clements Library, University of Michigan Open to the …
Top 10 Food Trends for 2009 — According to the Food Channel
[Note: This post is a bit of a rant in reaction to the Food Channel list of trends for 2009.] …
Celebrate Colonial American Cooking: Cookbooks for Thanksgiving and Christmas
Want to celebrate American food history and ingenuity this year? The great state of Virginia gave birth to eight U.S. …
