Cabbage and Black-Eyed Peas, Oh My! A New Year’s Tradition in the South December 31, 2021November 20, 2024

The New World, through the Eyes of Thomas Hariot June 16, 2016November 21, 2024

English Cooking in America: On Phantom Manuscript Cookbooks, Africa, and Other Sundry Thoughts September 12, 2015November 21, 2024

A Bee in My Bonnet August 12, 2015November 21, 2024

The Natural World, Part 2 November 12, 2014November 12, 2014

Doing What’s Necessary: The Logical Outcome of Haute Cuisine, or, An Extremely Brief Meditation on the History of Privies and Toilets May 31, 2013April 20, 2023

* “We raise the wheat, they give us the corn” : a reflection on life in antebellum Virginia February 4, 2013February 6, 2013

*”Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new”: A Sweet Potato Rhapsody January 25, 2013February 6, 2013

* Biscuits and Buttermilk: A New Year and New Directions January 2, 2013April 20, 2023

The Saga of a Virginia Coal Town (Part 1): By the Sweat of Your Face You Shall Eat Bread, till You Return to the Ground, for Out of it You were Taken December 13, 2012November 22, 2024

Savoring the Daily on the Fringes of the Coalfields December 8, 2012April 20, 2023

Thomas Jefferson and His Magic “Maccaroni” Machine January 11, 2010December 1, 2024