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James Beard on Cheese (Gentry Magazine, 1957)

It can be soft, hard, sweet, sour, hot, cold, pungent or bland.

It comes in various shapes and many colors.

It can be inodorous or effuvious.

It is known in every country, to every tongue.

Whatever its shape, hue, scent or nationality it is one of the most ancient,
most honorable of foods and it is called cheese.

A wise man once said A Meal Without Cheese is Like a Beautiful Woman with One Eye.

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An Ice Cream History (Coronet Magazine, 1951)

In this admirable effort to briefly tell the history of ice cream, the authors of this three page narrative begin in the year 62 A.D., pointing out that the Roman Emperor Nero had gone on record declaring his fondness for frozen delicacies, but, as you will read, what he was consuming was in actuality something more along the lines of a snow-cone; but it is good to know that the market was very much in place at such an early moment in time. Jumping ahead some 1,200 years, we learn that Marco Polo had returned from China with a frozen tasty treat:

People tried it out, and something like our sherbet was soon served in many parts of Europe, eventually being improved upon by the addition of milk to resemble ice cream.


The trivia truly begins to flow from that point and we learn that George Washington was really quite fond of the stuff, and how ice cream sundaes and Eskimo Pies came into the world.


A refreshing read.

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Corn on the March (Confederate Veteran Magazine, 1918)

Forty-three years after the bloody end of the American Civil War, this reminiscence by a Southern officer appeared in print recalling the important roll that corn played during those days as it had throughout all American history:

During the war I commanded the 1st Arkansas Regiment, consisting of twelve hundred men, and during the four years we never saw a piece of bread that contained a grain of wheat flower. We lived entirely on plain corn bread, and my men were strong and kept the best of health….

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