FoodNotes

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Patricia’s Announcements

• Christmas 2006 Hometown Book-Signing
• New in late 2006: Mammy: The Hand that Rocked the South
• New in mid-2006: Southern Hospitality & Delectable Dishes
• New in late 2005: Plain Food & High Thinking
• Plantation Row Slave Cabin Cooking tops charts for 2002–2005
• New in 2005: Biscuits & Belles
• New in late 2004: Delicacies in Proportion
• New in mid-2004: That Palace in Washington
• New for 2003: German Cooking in America
• Southern mountain food traditions featured
• Louisiana food celebrated
• Collection of favorite bread recipes compiled
• Early colonial, Civil War topics explored
• foodhistory.com is born!
• Veggies revisited, 2 other books retitled

Patricia’s Questions

• Questions which have stumped the food writer
• Can you explain this Russian food tradition?

Foodie Files

• Researching a Food History Question?
• "A" Is for Antique Apples
• The African Influence on Southern Cuisine
• "B" Is for Beans
• Blue Willow China Pattern
  • Blue Willow Makers of Today?
  • Blue Willow Manufacturers and Patterns: Historic and Modern
  • The Willow Pattern: History and Lore
• Burger Business
• Carob: Chocolate Stand-in Full of Healthful Benefits
• Choosy Moms and Others Choose: Peanut Butter
• Christmas
  • Happy Days
  • Locals Share Holiday Food Memories
  • No Words Can Really Describe Christmas
  • Smithfield Enjoys Long Tradition as Favored Holiday Ham
• Civil War
  • The Biggest Thing of the War
  • Billy McKinley and Hot Roast Beef at Antietam
  • Cat Stew at Morris Island Prison
  • Civil Worker in Civil War
  • Daniel Webster Punch
  • Davis, Mrs. Jefferson
    • Letter by Jefferson Davis' Widow Poses Real Mystery
    • Letter from Varina Davis to Col. John J. Craven
  • Mrs. Lincoln Paid the Tab
  • "Truly Horrible" Danville Civil War Prisons
  • Desert Storm Recalls Civil War Food Woes
  • Where is the Davis/Johnson tea or coffee set?
• Colonial Flavors Might Surprise 20th-Century Tongue
• Cooking Sorghum Molasses a Sure Sign of Fall's Arrival
• Dickens, Irving, and a Giant Mint Julep
• Dolley Payne Madison: A Belle of a Washington Hostess
• Even in Southern Clime, It's Time for Maple Syrup
• Fabled Hospitality, Old Southern Style
• Feisty Yogurt Has Practical Benefits
• Five Centuries Prove Adaptability of New World's "'Tater"
• Hot Dogs: Baseball Fans' Convenience, Traveler's Salvation
• Ketchup's Colorful Past
• Kiss Before the Storm: The Acadians
• Mary J. B. Lincoln, Cook and Educator (1844-1921)
• Making Bread in Early America
• Man of Her Dreams
• Margarine Memories
• Mayo Info
• Mustard Fields Forever
• Native American Maize
• Oysters Have Reputation for Spurring Passions
• Pizza Now Deeply Rooted as an American Favorite
• A Prayer Found in Chester Cathedral
• Precious Salt
• Reuben, Reuben, I've Been Thinking
• Southern Picnics and Suppers
• Southern Story-Telling: Chicken-Chopping Time
• Strawberry, The
• Subway Restaurants
• Swine to Swoon Over
• Tabasco Favorite of Hot Sauce Lovers
• Tasty Tacos
• Tea
  • South Carolina Tea Is an American Success Story
  • Tea Time Makes Elaborate Cure for Slump in Afternoon
• A Toast to Melba
• To Some, Snails Make for a Gastronomic Delight
• Virginia's First Lady Elizabeth Swanson
  • Eldon Through the Eyes of Elizabeth Swanson
  • The Social Life of Lizzie Swanson
• What's In a Name (or a Stew)?
• World War II
  • Good Deals at Camp Lee
  • Thanksgiving Dinner 1942 at Camp Lee
  • WWII Navy Food Remembered
• Worcestershire Marketing Magic

On the Road

(See also our related index of visitors guides.)

• Abingdon, Virginia
  • Subway
  • Nothing to Write [Home] About
  • Narrowed Choices
• Arlington, Virginia
  • Reviving Delicious Greek Memories at Arlington's Phoenix
• Asheboro, North Carolina
  • Blue Mist Bar-B-Q Rates Well with Three out of Four
  • A Squirt of Orange
• Athens, Georgia
  • Amici's of Athens (Italy Invades Greece?)
• Bennettsville, South Carolina
  • Subway
  • They Get An “A”
  • A Channel-Change Would Be Nice
• Blacksburg, Virginia
  • About Vincent's (More or Less)
  • Seeing and Being Seen at the Souvlaki
  • Upstairs at the Cellar
• Bluffton, South Carolina
  • Pepper's Porch
• Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
  • Boudin on the Bayou
• Bristol, Tennessee
  • Satisfying Strip Mall Subway
• Bristol, Virginia
  • Subway Travels
  • Good Cookie!
• Burlington, North Carolina
  • Fresh and Tender Bread
• Calabash, North Carolina
  • Ella's
    • Calabash Cookery with a Squirt of Citrus
    • All Spiffed Up
    • Ella's Maintains Her High Standards
  • Tony's
    • Finding a Fishing Hamlet Gyro
    • Pizza and More in “The Seafood Capital of America”
    • Superb Choices
  • Journey of a Thousand Shrimp
• Candor, North Carolina
  • Wendy's Counter Service
• Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • McAlister's Deli
  • Variety Is the Spice of Franklin Street Pizza & Pasta
  • Sweet 'n' Sour Greek at Zorba's
• Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Ash Lawn - Highland: Foodways Impressions at James and Elizabeth Monroe's Home
  • Baja, No Humbug
  • Broom Service
  • Carving Board Café
    • The Perfect Carving Board
    • A Good Thing Going
    • Filling a Niche
    • Meaty Sandwiches
  • Casella's
    • Simpatico Casella's
    • Eve of November Supper at Casella's
    • Judged Fine
  • Five Guys on Barracks Road
  • Grinding It Out
  • Ragazzi's: A Dissenting Opinion
  • Spanish Coastal Fare
  • Upstairs, Downstairs, All Around the Corner
  • White Spot
    • It Hits the Spot
    • White Spot, Wholly Enjoyable
• Chatham, Virginia
  • Chatham Wines Awaited
  • Housekeeping in Old Pittsylvania
• Christiansburg, Virginia
  • The Farmhouse
    • The Farmhouse: A Christiansburg Dining Tradition
    • Caboosing at the Farmhouse
  • Wendy's
    • A Reliable Road Trip Eatery
    • A Chilly Reception
• Conway, South Carolina
  • Lazy River Café: A Sparkling Jewel
• Danville, Virginia
  • Reliable Choices at Subway
  • Small Mid-Town Market Still Doing Big Business
• Dillon, South Carolina
  • Subway
    • Crumb-y Bread (Though Not All That Bad)
    • A Handy Lunch Stop
    • Disappointments in Dillon
• Duck, North Carolina
  • Friendly Herron's
  • “Gold Medal” (Pizzazz) Pizza
• Durham, North Carolina
  • Bullock's of Durham
• Eufaula, Alabama
  • No Happy Cajuns at The Cajun Corner
• Garden City, South Carolina
  • Farm Theme and Fabulous Foods: JD's Pig & Chicken
• Gastonia, North Carolina
  • Special Specialties at R.O.'s Barbecue
• Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Stamey's Old Fashioned Barbecue
  • Subway
    • Lunch at the Mall, Any Time of Year
    • Marvelous Mushrooms and Cookies, Too!
    • Good Bread, Bad Doors
    • Not Roomy, but Room for Improvement
    • Subway & CNN
  • Wendy's
    • An Almost Raw Deal Made Good
    • Better Than Before
    • Flies in the Ointment
    • Chef's Challenge
• Hamlet, North Carolina
  • Subway
  • Little Subway in Little Hamlet
  • The 'Way of Tables for Two
  • Not the Whopper We Remember
• Hammond, Louisiana
  • A Subway “Station” on Railroad Avenue?
• Harbinger, North Carolina
  • “Gallup” Into the Kitchen (Pots On ’N’ Kitchen Restaurant)
• Henderson, Louisiana
  • Pat's Fisherman's Wharf on the Swamp
• Hillsborough, North Carolina
  • The Churton Grove Subway
    • Smiles At and For the Hillsborough Subway
    • A Reviving Meal
    • Weary Workers
• Holden Beach, North Carolina
  • Subs at the Beach
• Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
  • In a Quagmire About Where to Eat?
• Little River, South Carolina
  • Doing It Right: Pizzeli's Italian Oven Restaurant
• Laurinburg, North Carolina
• Subway
  • Dry Tuna, Wet Cow
  • This Boat Got Rocked
• Lexington, North Carolina
• Mild-Mannered Pig
• Metairie, Louisiana
  • Not Quite the “Acme of Perfection,” But A-OK
• Mobile, Alabama
  • A Great Pit Stop: The Brick Pit
• Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
  • Creekside Seafood: The Trawler Restaurant
• Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
  • Nance Name Means Enjoyable Dining: Cedar Hill Landing
• Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
  • Campbell Family Food Depot & Grill
  • Damon's: Seaside Dining
  • Divine Dining in Myrtle Beach
  • Far-Out Socastee Station
  • Mammy's Kitchen
    • Mammy's Kitchen for Home Cooking
    • Tried and True (Though a Little Tired)
  • Myrtle Beach's Chesterfield Inn Fulfills Dreams of Yesteryear
  • River City Café
    • Myrtle (Burger) Beach
    • What's Not to Love?
  • Say “Sí” to Salsarita's
  • Searching for Serafino's
  • Spring House: Better Think Greek
  • Toffino's
    • Off the “Main Drag,” Toffino's is Worth Finding
    • Toffino's is Tops
    • Terrific Toffino's
    • Everybody's (In Our Group) Favorite Toffino's Sandwich
  • Third Choice is the Charm
  • Ultimate California Pizza
    • Beach Pizza
    • Good Chow, Grateful Gulls
    • Clean and Cool
    • Late, Almost Great Pizza
    • Happiness is Supper at UCP
    • Adam Was Right
• Newberry, South Carolina
  • Wendy's Is a Winner
• New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Recent
    • Mandina's
      • Mandina's — Midtown? Uptown? Where Y'At?
      • Enjoying an Independently Owned and Operated Eatery on Independence Day
    • Sitting Pretty in the Gumbo Shop
  • Retrospectives
    • Antoine's
      • Antoine's: Purveyors of Fine Foods Since 1840
      • Dinner at Antoine's, Circa 1938
    • Brennan's
    • Galatoire's
      • Galatoire's, 1974
      • Galatoire's in the 1930's
    • La Normandie Restaurant Français
    • Marti's
    • Napoleon House
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
  • Biscuit Shack
    • I Wanna Go Back to the Biscuit Shack
    • Way More than Biscuits
    • We're Biscuit Shack Be-Backs
• Oak Ridge, North Carolina
  • Old Mill of Guilford: In Search of the Best in Grist Mill Breads
• Pensacola, Florida
  • Feeding the Hungry — Waffle Houses, USA
• Port Wentworth, Georgia
  • A Subway in a Hub of Activity
• Powhatan, Virginia
  • Sub-Standard
• Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Down on a Raleigh Subway
• Randleman, North Carolina
  • Subway
    • Meticulous Subway Sandwich-Making
    • Would You Like That Heated?
    • The Missing Bread
  • Racing City Restaurant Pit-Stop: The Blue Mist Bar-B-Que
  • Randleman for Refueling (Tummy-Wise): Wendy's
• Richmond, Virginia
  • Tempting Turkey Sub
• Rock Hill, South Carolina
  • Tops for Subway Sandwiches
• Roanoke, Virginia
  • New Yorker Deli Offers Huge Sandwiches, Value
  • Subway
  • Scrumptious Subway Supper
  • Nice Little Supper
  • Well-Managed Wendy's
• Rockingham, North Carolina
  • Subway: Could Be Better, Could Be Worse
• Ruckersville, Virginia
  • Vinny's New York Pizza & Pasta
• Saint Martinville, Louisiana
  • A Distracted Foodie Finds the St. Martinville Subway
• Saint Simons Island, Georgia
  • Well-Situated Barbara Jean's
• Seagrove North Carolina
  • Authentic Country: Seagrove Family Restaurant
• Slidell, Louisiana
  • Stuff Your Mouth at Check-In-Check-Out
• Surfside Beach, South Carolina
  • Anthony's Pizza & Pan Pasta
    • Italian Delight
    • A Momentous Restaurant Experience
  • River City Cafe: Po'Boys, Rich View
  • Subway: Fast and Fine
  • Ultimate California Pizza: Always Have a Plan B
• Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • The Old Spotswood Arms
• Walterboro, South Carolina
  • Wendy's After the Storm
• Washington, D. C.
  • The Meskerem: Taking a Quick Trip to Ethiopia Via D. C.
  • Visiting D. C. for the 1982 White House Easter Egg Roll
• Williamsburg, Virginia
  • Colonial Williamsburg:
    • Animal Life in Colonial Williamsburg
    • Colonial Food in Colonial Williamsburg
    • Anticipating Thanksgiving in Williamsburg
    • Chowning's Experience is Tasty
  • Williamsburg's Second Street Cafe Has Mass Appeal
• Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • Reynolda Gardens
  • Winston-Salem's Moravian Settlements
    • Bethabara
    • Old Salem
• Miscellaneous
  • A Cold Day in the Hills
  • On Chocolate and Lost Luggage
  • Theme and Decor: How Important to Restaurants?

From My Kitchen Window

• A Really Big Thanksgiving Bird
• Christmas and Easter Cacti Come to Life
• Edge Dwellers
• Fox in the Shadows
• Going Bananas
• Three's a Crowd
• The Foal
• 'Possum Babies

Home on the Range

• Ada Moore's White Fruit Cake
• Gooseberry Fool
• Grandma Rau's Compliment-Inducing Cake
• Kelvinator Fruitcake
• Miss Bettie Watson's Scalloped Oysters
• Oysters Williamsburg
• Pleasing Peach Recipes
• Powerful Good Persimmon Pudding
• Towering, Tempting Apple Stack Cake

Barefoot Discoveries

• A Jingle (Shell) in Your Pocket
• Angel Wing: Contradictory Clam is Weak but Strong
• Atlantic Bittersweet: What's In a Name?
• Atlantic Ribbed Mussel: A Breathing Bivalve
• Atlantic Winged Oyster: Wings Not Fit to Eat
• Blood Ark Clams: Furry Beach Critters
• Calico Scallop: Classic Beauty
• Campeche Angel Wing: Imagine the Feathers!
• Common Atlantic Oyster: Some Good Eating
• Common Atlantic Slipper, Boat, or Quarterdeck Shell: Master/Mistress of Metamorphosis
• Common Razor Clam: Long-Footed, Cut-Throat Clam
• Convex Slipper Shell: A Deep Dug-Out
• Coquina: Candidate for Shell Soup
• Cross-Hatched Lucine: “An Excellent Choice of Pattern”
• Cut-Ribbed Ark: Groovy!
• Dwarf Razor Clam: Toe Search
• Eared Ark: Rare in the Carolinas
• Eastern White Slipper: It Gets Attached Easily
• False Angel Wing: A Piddock for Your Thoughts
• Florida Horse Conch: Tiny “Foal,” Big Horse
• Florida Spiny Jewel Box: Beautiful Beach Bauble
• Giant Heart Cockle: Chowder-Maker's Friend
• Goose Barnacle: Undulating Creature
• Incongruous Ark: Plentiful and Beautiful
• Knobbed Whelk: Shell Money
• Lettered Olive Shell: Scribblings on the Surface
• Lightning Whelk: A Sinistral Snail
• Mossy Ark: Born to Shag
• Ponderous Ark: Thick and Heavy
• Spiny Slipper Shell: Spot the Radiating Ridges
• Turkey Wing Clam: Suitable for a Pie
• Vanhyning's Heart Cockle: In the Old Days, Florida's Souvenir Ashtray!
• White Bearded Ark: Perhaps Neither White nor Bearded
• Yellow Cockle: From the Garden of Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Copyright © 1999–2007 Patricia B. Mitchell.