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The Three Sisters: A Celebration

October 11, 2021

Corn. Beans. Squash. The Three Sisters. Many Native American groups tell very different creation stories about these New World crops, which – as “sustainers of life” – meant deep sacredness. According to Shelia Wilson of the Sappony Tribe in North Carolina: The legend of “Three Sisters” originated when a woman of medicine who could no … More The Three Sisters: A Celebration

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Picturing the Last Weekend of Fall

October 26, 2013

Just outside my front door, ice sparkles on the small brown bridge. I know the signs: autumn fled like a thief in the night. Only yesterday, leaves blazing scarlet and saffron hung like Christmas baubles on the trees. Now there’s nothing but a memory of those exquisite jewels. Time to burrow and savor the stews … More Picturing the Last Weekend of Fall

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The Curse of Corn: Pellagra

July 20, 2012

  To be continued … 

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The book deals with the culinary history of mushrooms. It is NOT a book about mycology, nor does it pretend to be.

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