All posts tagged "food history"
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66.0K7Arts 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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14.5K4Business 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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10.9K4bostonThe 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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10.7K4Business 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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12.8K1Business and LaborBoston Housewife Susan Stavers Invents Minute Tapioca
In the late 19th century, a Boston landlady named Susan Stavers served a sailor some tapioca pudding. He complained about it —...
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20.7K1Business and LaborRhode Island’s Awful Awful Love Affair: A History
The Awful Awful, a quirky Rhode Island drink, that survived multiple bankruptcies and the machinations of Wall Street. Many New Englanders remember...
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