The Gilded Age Craze for the Chafing Dish
byThe chafing dish (from the Old French chauffer, “to make warm”) gained a certain cache in the Gilded Age, morphing from a simple brazier…
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WWI Wednesday: Wheatless Wednesdays, Meatless Mondays, or the American Home Front at War
byA few years ago, we discussed rationing in Britain during WWI. When the United States entered the war in April 1917, they had a…
WWI Wednesday: Housekeeping in Wartime
byThis earlier post on rationing in wartime discusses the change in eating habits and heating methods, and now we’ll look at some recipes that…