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The tradition of preparing and feasting on a Thanksgiving meal dates to the 17th century, when the first European settlers arrived on these shores. Although Turkey Day celebrations vary by…
(Encyclopedia) Van Vechten, CarlVan Vechten, Carlvăn vĕkˈtən [key], 1880–1964, American music critic, novelist, and photographer, b. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, grad. Univ. of Chicago, 1903. While he was a…
(Encyclopedia) quininequininekwīˈnīnˌ, kwĭnēnˈ [key], white crystalline alkaloid with a bitter taste. Before the development of more effective synthetic drugs such as quinacrine, chloroquine, and…
(Encyclopedia) whiskey [from the Gaelic for “water of life”], spirituous liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grains, usually rye, barley, oats, wheat, or corn. Inferior whiskeys are made from…
The Cooper's Hill Cheese Roll The power of cheese by Holly Hartman The phrase "extreme sports" does not usually bring to mind a mob chasing a wheel of cheese down a hill. But…
Cook Metric!Just Say "Yum" to Metric Measures by Holly Hartman Send this Page to a Friend! Don't look now—but your kitchen is full of math. When you make a recipe…
Memorial Poetry Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone . . . Excerpts from memorial poems by some of the world's greatest poets, including William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, and E. E.…
