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On this week's edition of the best food podcast we turn to the subject of farming. As this country transitioned from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to the Reconstruction period (1865-1877) Radical Republicans such as Thaddeus Stevens championed the notion of giving Freedmen (the name coined for the former enslaved population in the US South) 40 acres of land and a mule . . .
Today we continue our series on Martha's Vineyard foodways based on oral histories found in the Martha’s Vineyard Museum archive located Edgartown, Massachusetts. I’ve transcribed the interviews and share them as short stories that are helpful for would be culinary entrepreneurs. We turn now to the business of selling food as a retailer and some of the strategies one can use to obtain and keep customers.
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I knew about Dick Gregory (1932-2017) before doing research for my first book because of the influence he had on my father a Sing Sing prison guard turned vegetarian in the 1970s. . . .
In August historically the most enthusiastically attended African-American event in the state of Delaware had been Big Quarterly a celebration held in the city of Wilmington. It attracted attendees from as far away as Georgia, West Virginia, and New York. It had been a day of . . .
Do you know were NFL and lacrosse Hall of Famer Jim Brown comes from? Brunswick, Georgia Is home to Jim Brown and The Farmer & The Larder restaurant. Learn more about this historic community rich in entrepreneurship and Civil War history.
