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A Piece for Black History Month in NPR’s Kitchen Window
This month is a busy month for me. I am preparing for my classes at DC’s Hill Center. I am also getting ready to visit the Washington Middle School for Girls to do a historic cooking program with...
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Guilty Feelings about Tweaking Historic Recipes: A Piece in American Food Roots
Last week I wrote a piece on early African American cookbook authors in NPR’s Kitchen Window. I included a recipe from each cookbook, and I mentioned that I had adapted the recipes for today’s...
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Malinda Russell’s Jumbles Recipe
A couple weeks ago, I mentioned that I will be visiting a fourth-grade class at the Washington Middle School for Girls to do a program about Malinda Russell. I’m going to make one of Mrs. Russell’s...
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The Right Dessert for a New Job
Some months ago, I offered some helpful history about the right dessert for the birth of a royal baby. This week I’ve been mulling the right dessert for a new job. Whose new job, you ask? Why, mine....
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Surveying American History Through Cookbooks
Being a blogger has some perks. I was recently offered cookbooks from the collection of American Antiquarian Cookbooks published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. Reproduced in high-quality facsimile and...
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A Piece on Dolley Madison’s Food Politics in American Food Roots
Yes, I’ve been slacking a bit with the blogging. Between conferences, cooking classes, an upcoming symposium, and, oh, that new job, I’m feeling a little swamped. But I did have a chance to explore...
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Eliza Leslie, Women’s Work in the 1800s, and a Controversy
If you follow news about history, you may have read recently about the dustup over the proposed National Women’s History Museum. Legislation is wending its way through Congress to authorize, though...
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A Christmas Cookie Clue?
Folks, you may have been wondering what happened to your favorite blogger. Rather than making excuses about being busy with work, a research project, and more, I’ll just say I haven’t been completely...
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Puddings, Pies, and Congressional Messes: A Piece in American Food Roots
Dear readers, I’m back. Here to say I haven’t forgotten you and hope you haven’t forgotten me. More important, I haven’t forgotten about food history. This week I have a piece in American Food Roots...
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WWI Food History Videos: A Collaborative Project
Folks, I’m excited to share the first fruits of a project I’ve been working on with you. This project doesn’t involve a lot of actual fruit, but you will find a recipe for dates stuffed with cream...
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