Paradise on Earth: The art of the landscape on Netflix
This is my landscape photograph of the Yahara River in Madison, Wisconsin, photographed at the place where it flows into the frozen lake. But I only used it as an …
The legend of the Tennessee pygmies
Before Bigfoot, before UFOs, America was caught in the grips of a craze that originated in Tennessee: the legend of the Tennessee pygmies In the early 1800s, a rash of …
How to cook a turkey, according to the first American cookbook, published 1796
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. For all my fellow foodies, here's a recipe quoted from the first American cookbook, written by Amelia Simmons and published in 1796.