I am a Civil War history buff, and when my editor heard I was going to a battlefield event she suggested that I do some Civil War-related recipes. The cornbread we often enjoy today is loaded with ...

On this June day in 1865, the last Confederate general surrendered to the Unionists, and the bloodiest war in the nation's history officially came to an end. It was a war in which food played a ...

One vintage steakhouse side dish dates to well before the American Civil War, though you may have a hard time finding it at the original restaurant.

We’ve mentioned before that recipes the Montgomery Advertiser published long ago were often directly targeted to female ...

For a recent class on "A Battle for Food: Civil War Era Southern Recipe Books," the three women donned costumes appropriate to the era and demonstrated how to cook on coals on the hearth in the museum ...

You have to wonder about a name like “hardtack.” It sounds like something that goes in a toolbox or in a fishing tackle box. It doesn't sound like something that you eat. In the 1800s, hardtack was ...

From recipes for apple pie without apples to advice on how to treat servants, the era's cookbooks hint at the turbulence outside the kitchen... On this June day in 1865, the last Confederate general ...