American vs English Etiquette
byThough I use the word “Edwardian” to encompass the same time frame on both sides of the Atlantic (with future jaunts to the Continent),…
social customs
Barbecues in Gilded Age America
byThe barbecue was an established institution in the Southwest. It had in no other part of the country so many devotees. There was a…
In Praise of English Cuisine
byEnglish cooking had a bad rap during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Caricatures of the typical Englishman (“John Bull”) poked fun at his…