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Growth and the World Wars
Though it seems like coffee has been around forever, the drinking of coffee in Europe didn’t take hold until the…
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Nostalgia Ahead: Retro and Vintage Menus
If there is one time period that I absolutely adore for its menus, its the 1940s through the 1960s. These…
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The First Snacks – Pretzels, Popcorn and Chips
Some snacks have been around a long time! But most of the snack foods that we enjoy today were not…
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The Hawai’ian Islands before the State
If we want to explore an island close to home and it’s fascinating food history, we don’t have to look…
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The Candy Bombers
To me, one of the most heart-warming food history stories to come out of the terrible time that was World…
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The Orange Cake from the Concentration Camp
Concentration camps run by the Nazis in World War II were their final solution. Though internment in a concentration camp…
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Soldier’s Food
As the old saying goes, an army marches on its stomach. Good and plentiful food are what win wars on…
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Rationing and How it Changed Lives and Eating Habits
This year of 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. No words can adequately express…
