All posts tagged "food history"
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51.9K8Arts and LeisureItalian Thanksgiving, or How One Ethnic Group Resisted Americanization
The Italian Thanksgiving in New England was and still is a piece de resistance – a masterpiece of Italian and American cooking....
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10.6K1MassachusettsSquirrel Nut Zippers Return to Massachusetts
Squirrel Nut Zippers, born in Massachusetts and named after a Vermont drunk, left for Texas in 1999 but since returned to their...
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31.0K7Arts and LeisureHow To Talk Rhode Island
To talk Rhode Island requires more than a passing knowledge of the expression ‘No school Fosta Glosta’ or the difference between a...
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8.0K2Business and LaborRussian Dressing Invented in … New Hampshire?
Russian dressing was invented in Nashua, N.H., the news media reported after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer mentioned the condiment in...
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13.6K3Arts and LeisureIt’s St. Joseph’s Day, Eat Your Zeppole
Forget the corned beef and cabbage, break out the zeppole! March 19 is St. Joseph’s Day, time to trade in the green...
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14.6K9Arts and LeisureInto the Trenchers: Seven Strange Facts About Dinner in Colonial New England
The colonists who first began settling in New England in the 1620s brought what furnishing they could from Europe, but they were...
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60.2K4Arts and LeisureSalem Chop Suey Sandwiches, A Sign of Summer
Chop suey sandwiches have marked the beginning of summer for generations of people who grew up on the North Shore of Massachusetts....
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11.2K4Business and LaborPasta la Vista – F.P. Ventrone Sparks the Providence Macaroni Riots
The summer of 1914 was a flash-point for the Italian immigrant families living in Providence, R.I. Squeezed on one side by an...
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8.9K4bostonThe Woman Suffrage Cook Book Prints Recipes for Subversion
Putting together the first woman suffrage cook book in 1886 must have been a lot like herding cats for Hattie A. Burr...
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9.5K4Business and Labor6 New England Diners
The diner has a long and proud history in New England, from its roots outside of a Providence newspaper to today’s retro...
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