• Stroganoff 57, Cathy Ruello

    ByKara

    The Heinz company once manufactured more than sixty products, from the pickles that started it all, to the famous ketchup, plus baked beans and soups. The product offerings far outstripped the mythical “57 Varieties.” Legend has it that H.J. Heinz simply liked the number 57, and coined the brand slogan after being inspired by a…

  • Chow Chow, Mrs. Anna Humes

    ByKara

    I think a lot about the impact of digital documents on interpretation of history. Which items are and are not easily available to online inevitably steer the course of my research and my writing. For example: at some point someone in the New York Public Library decided to scan “Tested Maryland Recipes.” The public domain…