Ever taste history? What if I said that you probably have, and often? Most people don’t recognize when they bite into a sandwich that they are eating an ancient form of food popularized in 1762 by the Earl of Sandwich. A heavy gambler, he asked his cook to bring him a meal to eat without…
Guest Post by Janalyn Voigt Some authors write effervescent books, light as a flowing stream in summer. I admire them and sometimes wish I could write so easily. Like deep rivers, my own stories well up from an underground spring. They ask tough questions that I’d rather not tackle. Does God hate us when we…
Hello Readers! We are excited to officially announce our Spring 2018 Romantic Reads Blog Tour! We haven’t done one of these in a few years, so we’re looking forward to giving this another try with new authors and some new blogger friends! When? Why join? The blog tour will last from February 23 – March 2. You…
[Janalyn Voigt] Tasting History: Most Popular Cookie of the 1920s
The 1920s started as an era of prosperity and ended with the stock market crash that precipitated the Great Depression. This decade brought both Prohibition and repeal. Women gained the right to vote. Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, and other “lost generation” expatriate writers composed classic literature in Europe. Young women ditched corsets…
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