Slices of History
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Elevate Your Home Cuisine
Many habits changed for all of us last year and some will continue into the future. Sales of The Nicer Slicer increased as more people found themse... -
The Fascinating History of Joy of Cooking
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This post is a riff on "Joy of Cooking," that classic book on American cuisine mentioned in our post Elevate Your Home Cooking. Many cooks know it has been in print for a long time, first published in 1936. But few cooks know that Irma S. Rombauer was a prominent socialite and hostess in St. Louis, Missouri.
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A Brief History of Culinary Tools
This is a review of a book I read last year: "Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat" by Bee Wilson, a British food writer. I picke...