Of Cowboys and Indians and Nineteenth-Century America
What could be more American than gliding along perfect roads at eighty mph, roads so perfect that the dry, rocky terrain slips past like a movie? I’ve been doing a…
Read moreA Thanksgiving Luau: Celebrating Hawaii’s Annexation 1898
Three years ago, Henry Voigt (who has a wonderful collection of menus that was written up in Gastronomica) sent me scans of this menu for a Thanksgiving luau and asked…
Read moreBeef 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.…
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