Dumpling History and Christmas Dishes Part I

Dumplings and their multitude of cousins—wonton, ravioli, and matzo ball just to name a few—have an ancient history. The term dumpling ...

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It's Not Christmas Without Fruit Cake

Recipe below Like with other ethnic groups here in the United States, Christmas for African Americans has tra...

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Savannah Red Rice: A Georgia Christmas Tradition

I interviewed Roy Miller and Ruth Thorpe Miller for my book Hog and Hominy http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-14638-8/hog-and-hominy . ...

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Cuban Rum Cake for the Christmas Holiday

In the nineteenth century Caribbean enslaved Africans made culinary inventions from the extra “measure of rum,” their master’s doled out dur...

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Oxtail Stew: A West Indian Christmas Dish With a Long History

In the British West Indies of the nineteenth century enslaved Africans cooked ox which a planter divided among his or her slaves during the ...

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Molasses and Charleston Culinary Christmas Culture

Photo of Molasses Spice Cookies A look at sources on Christmas in the Antebellum south reveals that what enslaved Africans considered C...

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Rural Louisiana Christmas Suppers.

In Antebellum Louisiana, enslaved Africans and white masters alike in the rural sugar producing regions associated open pit barbecue with Ch...

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An Historical Look at Mince Meat Pie for Christmas

Here is a old mince meat pie recipe I came across while doing research on British cookery for my book Hog and Hominy. In the first chapter...

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Christmas Meant Turkey in the Antebellum South

When most of think about Turkey we think about Thanksgiving. However, in parts of the antebellum south, those who could shoot them or afford...

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Christmas Holidays and Pudding in Retrospective: Part 2 Rice Pudding

Yesterday I talk about puddings as Christmas time holiday dishes highlighting banana pudding. Let me back today and discuss rice pudding a b...

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Christmas Holidays and Banana Pudding in Retrospective

The Portuguese traveler Manuel Gonzales ventured through Great Britain during Christmas time in 1788. He found a “variety of puddings" ...

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