All posts tagged "food history"
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10.2K3Arts and LeisureA Fulfilling Story: New England Pie History
In the annals of pie history, New England holds a special place. Pumpkin pie might not have happened without New England, where...
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12.9K6Business and LaborThe Great Maine Potato War — The Year the Spuds Didn’t Show Up
It was May of 1976. The Apple Computer Company had started a month ago, The Bad News Bears showed in theaters, kids hummed...
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30.9K3MaineThe Needham, A Potato Candy Sacred and Peculiar to Maine
The Maine potato candy known as the needham has always stood in the shadow of the whoopie pie, but generations of Mainers have...
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8.5K2Business and LaborThe Colonial Slade Mill Starts a Spice Empire in Revere, Mass.
When David and Levi Slade went into business with their father at his Slade mill in 1837, they had an idea. In...
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15.2K22ConnecticutHow the Italian Immigrants Came to New England
Italian immigrants put their stamp on New England as indelibly as any Puritan. New England, in fact, is the most Italian region...
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6.6K1MaineGod Gives Diet Advice to Maine Visionary Ellen Gould White
After she was hit in the face with a stone, Ellen Gould White received visions from God that gave the world the...
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