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Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Are you wondering what to do with your rhubarb harvest? Do you want to be adventurous and try something a bit different than the traditional strawberry rhubarb pie or jam? Check out some recipes for rhubarb marmalade and more from the Library's digital collections of early community cookbooks.
Posted in: Cookbooks and Food
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
With Halloween trick-or-treating right around the corner, it's a great time to take a sweet peek in the Confectioners Journal, a trade journal for the candy industry.
Posted in: Business, Cookbooks and Food
Posted by: Nate Smith
Many Black home cooks may have on their bookcase, or have seen in their mother's collection, a copy of "The Ebony Cookbook: Date with a Dish." This cookbook was the creation of Freda De Knight, who was the first food editor for "Ebony," and author of the monthly food column “A Date with a Dish,” which premiered in Ebony in 1946.
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Cookbooks and Food, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Inspired by the book Presencia de la Comida Prehispanica (1986) 2022 Fall LC intern Brian Jimenez shares his favorite family food memories from his visits to El Salvador.
Posted in: Cookbooks and Food
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
During the holiday season there are many diverse traditions. One food that is traditional in many Latine households is tamales, prepared at a tamalada, or tamale making party. Tamales are a Mesoamerican dish made with nixtimalized cornmeal dough—masa—steamed in a cornmeal husk, or banana leaf, and seasoned with cheese, beans, meats, and other flavors.
Posted in: Cookbooks and Food, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Hispanic American History
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Brian Jimenez, a Library of Congress Fall 2022 intern, answers five questions about his internship developing Indigenous Food and Foodways collections with the Science, Technology and Business Division .
Posted in: Cookbooks and Food, Five Questions
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Potatoes at the Library? How to get started with research on the world's most exemplary vegetable.
Posted in: Cookbooks and Food
Posted by: Nate Smith
Library of Congress Intern Brian Jimenez examines how Ancient Maya heavily incorporated plants into their society and assigned them different roles.
Posted in: Botany, Cookbooks and Food, Hispanic American History, Native American History
Posted by: Nate Smith
PSL season is upon us. Regardless of how you feel about pumpkins or spices, there's no denying that the molecule at the heart of all espresso-based beverages is quite remarkable.
Posted in: Chemistry, Cookbooks and Food, Science