Damaged Apollo 13 Module. Photo courtesy of www.nasa.gov . So, the movie "Gravity" failed to win best picture at the 86th Ac...

This post isn't about food but, I did find it interesting. So, here you go. On March 21, 1782 near Walker's Creek in what is no...

17th century Virginia Indian vegetables, no potatoes In 1621, two years after being selected to be the first speaker of the Virginia Ho...

There is an often repeated claim made in several books about barbecue that in the 17th century the Virginia House of Burgesses passed a l...

Ed Mitchell, "the Pope of Barbecue" from Wilson, North Carolina, sums it up best : "Cooking barbecue is a craft handed...

Old Virginia Brunswick Stew “We crossed the stream upon a shaking plank laid from bank to bank, and strolled down the slope to the sce...

Potomac Salad When the English arrived at Virginia in 1607, they found a vast wilderness inhabited by Native Americans who had lived ...

Tuffy Stone, Mellisa Cookston, & Myron Mixon at the 2013 Barbecue Jamboree in Fredericksburg, VA. Move Over Boys, the Ladies of Barbe...

Researchers at Drexel University and New Mexico State University have started a campaign called Don't Wash Your Chicken! "There...

Blackhawk Brisket This brisket recipe was inspired by a renowned 19th century Virginia beef barbecue cook named "Blackhawk." ...

In this video, Greg Rempe of the BBQ Central Radio Show demonstrates how to easily remove the membrane from the back of baby back ribs. It...

Pepper Vinegar   Pepper vinegar is a colonial Virginia condiment. Mary Randolph (Thomas Jefferson's 1st cousin) published the r...

Here is an excessively long post. But, I think it's significant because I think I am uncovering something about colonial American cuisi...