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It's a Cranberry Miracle!
A family Thanksgiving recipe and other weird uses for cranberries
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The Progressive Era Hallowe'en Party Table
a short post from the archives with recipes
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Spooky Food Histories
Monster cereals, weeny witches, and raisins!
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Dressed for PEPSI Fun!
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The Evolution of the American Flag Cake
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Spooky Food Histories
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These Random Cookbooks for Fall 2023
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The Progressive Era Hallowe'en Party Table
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These Random Cookbooks for Fall 2023
According to This Food Scholar
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Dressed for PEPSI Fun!
A quick visual history of Barbie's food collabs and careers
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The Evolution of the American Flag Cake
life, liberty, and the pursuit of patriotic buttercream piping
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My life story as told through Cowboy Coffee Cake
A quick "about me" and a quick bread recipe
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What do you call a group of food scholars?
Hungry. And very into food puns. A post-conference wrap up from the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and Society.
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"A Doctorate in Cake Icing": Gendered Cake Toppers for the Feminine Graduate
On celebrating my PhD graduation and sighing over gender tropes
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A (Very Abridged) History of May Day Cake
Fertility rites, labor strikes, and buttercream all in one bite
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