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A Colonial New Orleans Meal

Although often overlooked, New Orleans, as a Spanish colonial city, was the site of pivotal events in the war for American independence from Great Britain.   As detailed in an earlier article published in the Journal of the American Revolution, it was here that Bernardo de Galvéz vaulted onto the scene.  He rose from his role […]

by Lars D. H. Hedbor
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A Fashionably Sweet Dinner

Over the course of time, many fashions change.  The hem lines on women’s skirts rise and fall, folks give up hula-hooping for jogging, and emus replace llamas as the trendy exotic livestock to raise. So it is with food fashions, as well.  Reading “receipt books” – cookbooks – of the Revolutionary era, one is struck […]

by Lars D. H. Hedbor