A Slice of History and Home: The Irresistible Banana Bread
A Slice of History and Home: The Irresistible Banana Bread In the world of baking, few treats can compare to...
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Homemade Delicious Creative Chicken Sandwich
The history of the first homemade chicken sandwich in the US is somewhat unclear, as different accounts attribute the invention...
Southern Sweet Tea
The history of sweet tea can be traced back to the early 1800s when tea first became popular in the...
Homemade onion rings
The exact origins of homemade onion rings are not clear, but they are believed to have been invented in the...
Cajun Gumbo Favorite Recipe
Cajun gumbo Favorite Recipe is a classic dish from the Louisiana region of the United States and has a rich...
The Delicious History of TV Dinners
The Delicious History of TV Dinners - With its aluminum or microwaveable plate, with separate compartments for meat, vegetable, and...
Modern Marvels: This History of Thanksgiving Turkey
Modern Marvels: This History of Thanksgiving Turkey It's the centerpiece on your Thanksgiving dinner table--and one of the most famous...
Why is turkey the main dish on Thanksgiving?
Turkeys have always been a fixture in the holiday’s marketing. Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Troy Bickham, Texas A&M University Curious Kids...
The story behind ‘Star Trek’ actress Nichelle Nichols’ iconic interracial kiss
The kiss aired one year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned laws banning interracial marriage. CBS via Getty Images Matthew...
Proclaim debt amnesty throughout all the land? A biblical solution to a present-day problem
Part of a restoration edict of Ammisaduqa, one of the rulers of ancient Babylon. © The Trustees of the British...
How the Black Wage Gap Impacts Black Households Today
How the Black Wage Gap Impacts Black Households Today Source While it's no secret that Black Americans have always earned...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to be remembered, too
Emancipation Day celebration, June 19, 1900, held in ‘East Woods’ on East 24th St. in Austin, Texas. Austin History Center...
The Proof Is Out There: 4 MYSTERIOUS CREATURES CAUGHT ON CAMERA
The Proof Is Out There: 4 MYSTERIOUS CREATURES CAUGHT ON CAMERA Check out these extra creepy creatures, in this, The...
How your race, class and gender influence your dreams for the future
How your race, class and gender influence your dreams for the future Emile Bernard’s 1888 painting ‘Madeleine in the Bois d'Amour.’...
Is God good? In the shadow of mass disaster, great minds have argued the toss
Ruins of the Tower of St Roch, or Tower of the Patriarch, following the 1755 Lisbon earthquake by Jacques-Philippe Le...
If you grew up in the 1980s…you remember this – Life in America
If you grew up in the 1980s...you remember this - Life in America If you grew up in the 1980s...you...
The forgotten history of Memorial Day
Preparing to decorate graves, May 1899. Library of Congress Richard Gardiner, Columbus State University The forgotten history of Memorial Day In...
Why Nobody Smiles in Old Photographs
Why Nobody Smiles in Old Photographs Why didn't people smile in old photos? For one, early cameras sometimes required a...
When are book bans unconstitutional? A First Amendment scholar explains
There was a surge in book banning in 2021. valmas/ iStock / Getty Images Plus Erica Goldberg, University of Dayton...
The roots of Easter Bunny traditions are ancient
Sacred hares, banished winter witches, and pagan worship – the roots of Easter Bunny traditions are ancient Children celebrating Easter,...
Returning the ‘three sisters’
The ‘three sisters’ are staple foods for many Native American tribes. Marilyn Angel Wynn/Getty Images Christina Gish Hill, Iowa State...
What the mythical Cupid can teach us about the meaning of love and desire
A part of the fresco “Triumph of Galatea,” created by Raphael around 1512 for the Villa Farnesina in Rome. Art...
10 things to know about the real St. Patrick
Saint Patrick. Thad Zajdowicz Lisa Bitel, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences 10 things to know about the...
92 NEW RARE HISTORICAL PHOTOS THAT WILL IMPACT YOU
92 NEW RARE HISTORICAL PHOTOS THAT WILL IMPACT YOU. The way history is taught to us in school is typically...
Women’s History Month: 5 groundbreaking researchers
Women’s History Month: 5 groundbreaking researchers who mapped the ocean floor, tested atomic theories, vanquished malaria and more Tu Youyou shared...
Toshio Mori endured internment camps and overcame discrimination to become the first Japanese American to publish a book of fiction
In a 1949 photograph, Mori works in his family’s nursery in San Leandro, Calif. Courtesy of Steven Y. Mori,...
