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Active Ingredient, “Undiluted Fraud”: The Patent Medicine Industry,...

Along with cigarettes, advertising was a powerful force in making patent medicines of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries a widespread phenomenon in America. Both products were hazardous to...

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Tradition in the Kitchen, Jello on the Table: Changing Food Traditions in...

The instructions may have struck some as curious, but it was no typo. The strange truth was confirmed by a tiny illustration. There it was: a recipe for homemade fudge, shared with countless readers in...

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Brownies: The History of a Classic American Dessert

Chocolate brownies are a classic American dessert. We frequently debate their finer points – fudgy, chewy, or cakey? Edge or middle? Dark or milk chocolate? Warm and fresh from the oven or cool to the...

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