Index of Articles

Index of articles on Grog to Grits

Advice

Kitchen Advice, circa 1901

Alcohol

Corn Beer

Milk Punch

Old Time Recipes for Home-made Wines

Review of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, by Tom Standage

The Whiskey Rebellion

Authenticity

On the Inauthenticity of Authenticity

Avocado

Avocados in America

Barbecuing

Barbecuing in 1965

Beard, James

Review of Love and Kisses and a Halo of Truffles, by James Beard, edited by John Ferrone

Breakfast

Historical Breakfast

Cake mixes

The Modern World in Your Kitchen

Canned foods

Ode to Canned Foods

Catsup

Catsup and Its Varieties

Celiac disease (gluten intolerance)

A History of Celiac Disease (or Gluten Intolerance) in America, Part 1 and Part 2

Chinese Food

Chinese Food and Gold Mining

Chocolate

Tasting Real Chocolate, Not the Fake Stuff (and One Chocolate Poisoning)

Coca-Cola

Two Stories of the Creation of Coca-Cola, Part 1 and Part 2

Dining Rooms

A Brief History of Dining Rooms

Food History, in general

Just what is food history, anyway?

Food in History, by Reay Tannahill

Folgers (coffee)

A Few Connections between Food and Literature

The Future

A Quick Look at the Future, Part 1 and Part 2

Felt Food Sculptures

Making Food from Wax and Felt

Gourmet magazine

If you can’t describe it, does it exist?

Hamburgers

A Quick History of Hamburgers

Home Economics

Review of Perfection Salad, by Laura Shapiro

July 4

July 4 in New York City, 1837

Kitchens

Cooking Before Gas Stoves

Kitchen Design

A Cooperative Kitchen in the Early 20th Century

Medicine

Drinks (for Medicinal Reasons, of Course)

Milk

How to Die From Drinking Milk

Milk Punch

Miracle Whip

A Brief History of Miracle Whip

Moby Dick

A Few Connections between Food and Literature

New York City

July 4 in New York City, 1837

Nutrition

The New Nutrition, the Newer Nutrition, and the Negative Nutrition

The New Hygiene, or, Everything Is Bad for Us

Pharmacies

Food and Life, and Pharmacies

Piggly Wiggly

Clarence Saunders, Piggly Wiggly, and Robots in the Grocery Store

Popcorn

A Few Words About Popcorn

Cooking with Popcorn

Race and Ethnicity

Selling Food and Selling Race

Rationing

Food Rationing and Gallup Polls

Slavery

A Plantation Kitchen

Traveling foods

What to Take on an Arctic Expedition

Food for the Lincoln Highway, 1924

The Sailing Life

Eating Cheaply on a Steamboat

Utensils

The Kitchen Utensil Drawer, circa 1901

Vegetables

The Possible Myth of Victorian Vegetables

War

Concentration Camp Cookbooks

Recipes

Baked Macaroni with Peanut Butter

Bread Pudding in Guts

Ginger Honey Cordial (modern)

Hot American Punch

Milk Punch

Ratafia de Bron de Noix (brandy infused with nuts and spices)

Warner’s Cordial for Gout in the Stomach (from 1869)

Book Reviews

Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, by Richard Wrangham

Eating History: 30 Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine, by Andrew F. Smith

Food in History, by Reay Tannahill

A History of the World in 6 Glasses, by Tom Standage

Love and Kisses and a Halo of Truffles, by James Beard, edited by John Ferrone

Perfection Salad, by Laura Shapiro

Pandora’s Lunchbox, by Melanie Warner

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