Civil War Foodways Series: African-American Cooks on the Battlefield

Peach fried pie, recipes below During the Civil War (1861-1865) both Confederate and Union soldiers very often depended on African-America...

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The U. S. Civil War and Food Series: Morris Island, South Carolina

Potato soup, several civil war soup recipes below Starting a series today on the US Civil War and food. "[W]e don’t get our rations a...

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Hispanic Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: Conclusion

Afro Brazilian street vender hawking food hauled on her head near a nineteenth century slave market in Rio I hope you enjoyed reading m...

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Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: Crazy for Coconut in Brazil

Beijinhos de Coco (Coconut Kisses) recipe below In an earlier post I talked about dulceras , largely enslaved women who sold sweets in urb...

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Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: Bahia, Brazil

Brazilian vatapa sauce, recipe below James Wetherell traveled to Bahia, Brazil around 1860. Historically Bahia had the greatest concentra...

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Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: Brazilian Desserts

Curau or Brazilian corn pudding, recipe below “Food must also be considered among the major recreations of Bahía,” says Vera Kelsey about Br...

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Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: Brazilian Gumbo

Carurú which is a delicious and vitamin rich Bahian gumbo, recipe below The noted Brazilian historian Gilberto Freyre argues that enslaved A...

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Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: Nineteenth Century Brazil

Coarse sea salted marinated and pan fried sardines, sardine recipes below The Parisian Adèle Toussaint-Samson (1826-1886) traveled ...

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Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: Dutch Brazil, 1640-1649

Moqueca (fish stew), rice, and manioc meal, recipe below Between 1640 and 1649, the Dutch controlled Portugal’s African settlements and its ...

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Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: Brazil

Acarajé with two different toppings, a popular Brazilian fast food with African roots, recipes below The origins of Brazil’s popular fast fo...

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Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: Tamales

Tamales, recipes below The diary of fourteen year old Mariana Calderón y Oliveira provides important insights about cooking and eating in ...

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Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: The People of Maize

Mexican corn bread, recipe below Don’t know if you have noticed, but spicy foods are in these days. Mexican food I can tell you f...

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Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: Feeding the Mexican Revolution

Mushroom tacos, recipe below The Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) was an armed populist movement against the dictatorship of Porfirio Dia...

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Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: Mole and Mexico

Mexican chocolate based mole sauce over chicken served with a side of rice, several recipes below M ole, is a quintessential Mexican dish ...

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Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: Jalisco, Mexico

Mexican mini pecan pies, recipes below In 1992 I went to Guadalajara, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico (in central Mexico) for a three ...

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Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: Colonial Mexico

Nopalitos with Tomatoes and Onions, recipe below In colonial Mexico City indigenous women gradually shaped the cookery and preferences of Ib...

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Hispanic History Month and Foodways Series: October in Lima, Peru

Turrón de Doña Pepa, recipe below The Spanish started importing enslaved Africans from the Congo, Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, and others to P...

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