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Guest post by author Cindy Grisham Long before he explored the wilds of the Congo in search of a lost missionary and uttered the now famous words, “Dr. Livingston, I presume?” Sir Henry Morton Stanley explored the wilds of Arkansas. He often spent evenings with local families who shared what little they had with him. [...]
“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.” —Yogi Berra Happy Free Book Friday! Today’s giveaway offers a plethora of mouth-watering recipes from the Lone Star State’s capital… Read the free chapter excerpt below (recipes included) and then comment on this post by Sunday, April 7 (by midnight) for your chance [...]
Remember the good ol’ days? When fifty cents at the finest Detroit restaurant would get you a meal that would take two hours—at a minimum—to consume? When those fifty cents could procure a tall order of consommé, followed by fish, beef, turkey, duck, wild game and shrimp, all with sherbet served between courses, as well as [...]
The phrase “southern cuisine” conjures up visions of sweet tea, crunchy fried chicken and biscuits so thick we could use them as (greasy) paperweights. Fortunately, we’ve found southern food recipes that exceed our KFC-quality daydreams. Informative and full of mouth-watering traditions, Rick McDaniel’s An Irresistible History of Southern Food: Four Centuries of Black-Eyed Peas, Collard [...]
Got a sweet tooth for delectable history? So do we. Combine our sugary cravings with the rich historical palate of the Lake Michigan region, and you can see why we gobbled up “Midwest Sweet Baking History.” We love that author Jenny Lewis (CCE, CHE) takes classic Midwest ingredients (like beet sugar and pumpkin) and, in [...]
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Guest post by author Cindy Grisham Long before he explored the wilds of the Congo in search of a lost missionary and uttered the now famous words, “Dr. Livingston, I presume?” Sir Henry Morton Stanley explored the wilds of Arkansas. He often spent evenings with local families who shared what little they had with him. [...]
Guest post by Sarah Falter, History Press Publicity & Marketing Wisps of smoke floated through the crisp November sky towards the palmetto trees that framed the battlefield, and then curled casually towards the bright Charleston sun. … [Read More...]
