The Planning and Preparing of Thanksgiving Dinner in Gilded Age America
byI was humbled and honored to be contacted to contribute to an article on the Smithsonian Magazine’s website about the luxurious Thanksgiving dining habits…
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The Shoot Lunch
byAfter a long day’s shoot, the ladies (and non-shooters) traveled by cart or motorcar to meet the sportsmen at an appointed place, where servants…
Elizabeth Robins Pennell on A Perfect Breakfast, 1900
byElizabeth Robins Pennell, an American biographer, food and art critic, and traveler who settle in London with her artist husband, Joseph Pennell, had a…