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Here’s more on the background research I did into life on the “home front” during World War I for What Lies Beneath. So I’ve been having fun being a tad snarky about food conservation recipes from the first World War … Continue reading
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Here’s more on the background research I did into life on the “home front” during World War I for What Lies Beneath. With the entry of the US into World War I, voluntary food conservation came into being in order … Continue reading
Some day I’ll write a cozy mystery and Amaryllis Poinsettia will be my sleuth. She will have red hair, prefer linens the color of pastels, and pack a marksmanship certification. But before I do all that, today I’m going to … Continue reading
Here’s more on the background research I did into life on the “home front” during World War I for What Lies Beneath. With the clarion call to American women to save food at home so that the starving of Europe … Continue reading
Here’s more on the background research I did into life on the “home front” during World War I for What Lies Beneath. On the United States’ entry into the war in April 1917, the military wasn’t the only thing to … Continue reading
Here’s more on the background research I did into life on the “home front” during World War I for What Lies Beneath. When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, the government put out the call. Uncle … Continue reading
Okay, so what did the butler do? Perhaps a better question might be, what didn’t the butler do? In a 19th century household, the butler was often the chief of staff. In extremely grand and important families, especially where several … Continue reading
It is scarcely the province of an author to refute the arguments of his censors and vindicate his own productions, but I may be allowed to make here a few observations with which I would have prefaced the first edition … Continue reading
Gosh, I hope this link works. This should take you to a short film about Steeplejack Brewing, a brewery, restaurant and coffee house in Portland, OR. It used to be a church, but two female craft brewers bought the building … Continue reading
I wanted to find out if chocolate had ever been used to kill someone, outside of adding poison to the drink. But you’re lucky today, because instead of that macabre subject, while reading Chocolate, a Global History by Sarah Moss … Continue reading