July Was Also Preserving and Canning Time

Buttermilk biscuit with jam, recipes below In July historically parents and grandparents sent children to the family garden to harvest pro...

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Homemade Ice Cream is Soul Food Too

Homemade cherry ice cream, recipes below The heat wave we are experiencing here in the Hudson Valley makes me thinks about talks about t...

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July 4th Series: Part 3 Sweet Beverages

Southern pink lemonade, this and other beverage recipes below Been looking at John James Audubon’s observation of a circa 1830 Kentucky Inde...

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July 4th Series: Part 3 Eating Local

Dandelion greens, beets, and goat cheese salad, recipe below Returning to a circa 1830 Kentucky July 4th barbecue based on traveler John Jam...

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July 4th Series: Part 2 Barbecuing Outside the Box

Peaches, several barbecue related recipes below Started a July 4th series yesterday based on a great travel account by Naturalist John James...

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July 4th Series: Part I Ox and Rural Food Traditions

Braised oxtail stew, recipe and additional recipes below July 4th is this weekend thus it seemed appropriate to do a series of post on how f...

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Enslaved Wedding Reception Food in the Antebellum South Part II

Strawberry rhubarb cobbler, recipes below I started a discussion yesterday about when masters bank rolled a wedding and reception fo...

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