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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 [...]
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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...]
