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Who Put the Hole in the Doughnut?

Food Origins
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Doughnuts (or donuts) have a long and multi-cultural history. From the filhós of Portugal to the dona of Mexico, from India’s balushai to the lokma of Turkey, doughnut-related pastries are all based on the quick-cooking of lumps of sweet dough. But what about the classic deep-fried doughnut with a hole in the middle? Who invented [...]

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Skillygallee and Coosh: Food for US Civil War Soldiers

Menus & Cuisines
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Along with hardtack biscuits, “goober peas,” and the flat cornmeal bread known as “journey cake” or Johnny Cake, two simple hot meals in particular are strongly linked with the American Civil War (1861-1865): Skillygallee for the northern Union soldiers, and coosh for the southern Confederates. The two dishes are strikingly similar, with the main difference [...]

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7 Recipes for Peach Melba

Desserts

When the celebrated French chef August Escoffier invented Pêche Melba — a rich but light dessert of peaches, raspberries, and ice cream, named for the “Australian Nightingale” Nellie Melba — surely he could never have predicted how his original recipe would change over the next few years! Here are six different versions of Pêche Melba [...]

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