Beef for Sailors: Maritime History Meets Food History
“Difficulty between the United States and Great Britain about Wild Pigs.” How can anyone not love a title like that? It’s from the New York Times, May 23, 1854, p.…
Read moreWhy White Bread and Maize Were/Are Preferred (Again)
Lockwood Kipling, Rudyard’s father and head art teacher at the Sir Jamsetje Jeejeboy College of Art in Bombay, founded by the epynonymous Indian benefactor, reflects on the Indian peasant diet.…
Read moreWhat’s in a tablespoon?
I’ve been talking with Carolina Capehart of Historic Cookery about the size of a tablespoon of flour in William Kitchiner’s Cook’s Oracle (1831 for 1817). Using six tablespoons of flour…
Read more