“There is, assuredly, no other country on earth in which Shakespeare and the Bible are held in such general high esteem as in America … If you were to enter an isolated log cabin in the Far West and even if its inhabitant were to exhibit many of the traces of backwoods living … you…
“Canned vegetables are not only a great convenience to the housewife, but when fresh, young products are used and canned under careful supervision by modern methods; they retain more of their food value and vitamine content than most freshly cooked vegetables. This has been recently proved by investigations carried on in nutrition laboratories. Therefore, the…
On Opening Day, April 4th 1994, Orioles fans had high hopes and looming apprehensions. Optimists were focusing on the belief that the Orioles were “finally ready to win,” but the season ended prematurely with the unforgettable strike. In the days running up to Opening Day, the Sun ran its usual stories about food and beer….
This week I finally took a stab at “Chicken À La Maryland,” a dish famously served (or intended to be served) aboard the Titanic. For months, since I first made “Maryland Fried Chicken,” I’ve been aware of this other incarnation known as “Chicken Maryland” or “Chicken À La Maryland.” I got the impression that this…
I fully admit to being most titillated by weird tales of spite houses and diarrhea from green corn, but in between those cheap thrills I do attempt to do some actual learning. Recently at the Eddie and Sylvia Brown African American Collection at the Pratt Library I came across a book called “Eating in the…