All posts tagged "food history"
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20.0K1Business 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. South...
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26.9K1Business and LaborRhode Island’s Awful Awful Love Affair: A History
The Awful Awful, a quirky Rhode Island drink, has survived multiple bankruptcies and the machinations of Wall Street. Many New Englanders remember...
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20.5K6MaineHow the Civil War Made the Wild Maine Blueberry Go National
The wild Maine blueberry was an underappreciated fruit for centuries until the Civil War put it on the national map. In fact,...
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29.5K1Business and LaborThe Return of ZaRex
Generations of New Englanders grew up on ZaRex, a sweet fruity syrup they could make into a drink, into snow cones or...
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14.5K14bostonA Brief History of New England Town Meeting Controversies
The first Town Meeting controversies didn’t have anything to do with buying a new fire truck or a proposed zoning law, but...
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11.4K4Business and LaborConnecticut’s Ezra Warner Takes the Tin Lid Off
If not for Connecticut’s Ezra Warner, cooks might still be fumbling for a rock and a bayonet to get their dinners. While...
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