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Cake Mixes: The Modern World in Your Kitchen

The years after World War II saw a number of advances in the world of foods, but particularly in the world of convenience foods.  Dehydrated potatoes, nutritional breakfast cereals (with added vitamins), nondairy creamer for coffee, TV Dinners, and many … Continue reading

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The Sailing Life

Note: this article originally appeared in my printed zine Bread & Salt. Not that many people read it, so I’m reprinting it here. Ah, the life of an English sailor back in the olden days.  The ocean breeze in your hair.  The … Continue reading

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Review: Love and Kisses and a Halo of Truffles

Love and Kisses and a Halo of Truffles: Letters to Helen Evans Brown, by James Beard, edited by John Ferrone (New York: Little, Brown, 1994) Love and Kisses and a Halo of Truffles is an odd sort of book.  I’d seen … Continue reading

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A few words about popcorn

I had corn on the cob a few nights ago and so wanted to write an article about the history of corn, but my notes on corn are pretty paltry.  Certainly, I have a few interesting tidbits about corn, such … Continue reading

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Food for the Lincoln Highway, 1924

Note: The following is part of a series on traveling foods.  Upcoming articles will look at foods eaten while sailing in the 1600s and while traveling through the US in the 1800s. These days, packing for a long road trip … Continue reading

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