Ever wonder what it was like to eat on an American steamboat in the 1830s?  No need to keep wondering; James Logan, a Scotsman who traveled through America in the early 1830s, described it.  He traveled deck passage, which meant … Continue reading →

I wrote about popcorn previously, but I was looking through some old issues of Good Housekeeping magazine and saw a few popcorn recipes that I thought I’d pass on. The recipes are from 1913, and from reading the introduction to … Continue reading →

I’m feeling under the weather, so the topic today is medicine and the kinds of recipes people used to make for medicinal purposes. Back in the 1800s, most cookbooks had a section on sickbed recipes.  There were lots of different … Continue reading →

In general, the foods we eat aren’t like the foods from a hundred years ago.  Foods are processed today in all sorts of different ways, and fads and trends affect what we choose to eat.  Simply put, Americans’ food preferences … Continue reading →

Over Christmas my wife and I went to Costa Rica for a vacation. While we were there we toured an organic farm which raised over 100 varieties of fruits and vegetables. One thing they raised was chocolate. During the tour … Continue reading →