MORE THAN MEETS THE PIE
The other day I saw another sign of autumn: a smashed pumpkin lying along the side of the …
Tag Archives: Thanksgiving
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL! For more vintage Thanksgiving postcards, see my post about them from last year: Vintage Thanksgiving Postcards.
To the Cooks, Prosit! Part II
He turns the spit who never tasted a morsel from it. Proverbes en Rimes, no. 117. Continuing our salute to …
To the Cooks, Prosit! Part I
Sir Thomas More in his Utopia (1516), in delineating what would make an ideal society, said: .. all vyle service, …
Feasting in State: Obama’s First Real State Dinner
In the next week, we will see real-time examples of a few of the different types of feasts common to …
The Feat of Feasting
One cannot both feast and become rich. Ashanti Proverb “Feasting,” for all practical purposes, appears to be the antonym of …
Hunger, Starvation, Famine and the Sweep of Human History
When it comers to food, we humans live in a paradox these days. In the West, there’s too much food …
Thanksgiving in the Truman White House 1946: Poor Harry
President Harry S. Truman found himself on the slimming end of things in 1946. The New York Times reported that …
BREAKING: Camp David / White House Thanksgiving Menu 2008
Just in time for Thanksgiving eve, the White House uploaded the following menu that President Bush and his family will …
Thanksgiving in the Bush White House: 2006 Menu
Like presidents before him, George W. Bush prefers eating his turkey at Camp David. Here’s what he loaded up on …
