All posts tagged "cooking"
-
18.9K7MassachusettsBaron von Steuben Shows the Army a Bayonet Is Not a Grilling Tool
An impoverished Prussian nobleman named Baron Friedrich von Steuben showed up in Valley Forge on Feb. 23, 1778, and taught the Continental...
-
22.6K6Arts and LeisureThe French Chef Comes on With a Bang in 1963
Julia Child was neither French nor a chef, but The French Chef made her a national icon and helped launch the Public...
-
6.3KBusiness and LaborMary J. Lincoln Teaches America How To Make Brown Bread, Baked Beans, Fish Balls and Indian Pudding
In 1879, Mary J. Lincoln was a 34-year-old a domestic servant who was offered a better job she shouldn’t have refused. But she...
-
16.8K4Business and LaborThe 70-Cent Knife That Brought Julia Child to Cambridge, Mass.
Julia Child had a pet peeve: kitchen knives. They were never sharp enough for the beloved French chef. She sometimes swore a...
-
8.5K4Business and LaborBrownie Schrumpf, The First Foodie of Maine
Brownie Schrumpf was only 4’11” but she had a monumental impact on the way Mainers eat. Over a 70-year career she was...
-
22.4K18Business and LaborOna Judge Staines, the Fugitive Slave Who Outwitted George Washington
During George Washington’s final months as president, a 20-year-old slave named Ona Judge Staines slipped out of the President’s House in Philadelphia....
To Top
