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Cookies, Desserts, Holidays

Betty Crocker’s Christmas Cookies

Merry Christmas! It’s the time of year for spending time with family and friends, and for some of us, lots of baking. We have our holiday favorites: rolled sugar cookies,…

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December 25, 2024
Debunking, Desserts, Economizing, Pie

Debunking Viral Recipes: Water Pie

I enjoy watching cooking videos. In recent years, content creators have recreated several historic recipes with results that range from delicious to disgusting. While these videos are highly entertaining, the…

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January 7, 2025
Cake, Debunking, Desserts

The Presidential Scandal that Spawned Two Desserts: Part 1

It’s President’s Day, the perfect time to dive into the origins of two popular 1970s desserts: Watergate Cake with Cover-up Frosting and Watergate Salad. Both take their name from Richard…

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February 17, 2025
  • Apples,  Fruit

    The Washington Apple

    Amanda Van Lanen / September 27, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Found these on my doorstep when I got home from work last night. It’s real! Now available from University of Oklahoma Press or your favorite online bookseller.

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  • Beverages

    How Arbuckle’s Ariosa Coffee Sparked a Legal Battle

    Amanda Van Lanen / June 23, 2025 / 0 Comments

    America has long been a nation of coffee drinkers. Decades before Starbucks introduced Americans to Frappuccinos, another company was dominating the coffee market: Arbuckle Brothers. Born in Pittsburgh in 1839, John Arbuckle, Jr.…

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  • Apples,  Desserts,  Fruit,  Pie

    The Best Washington Apple Pie Recipe

    Amanda Van Lanen / May 19, 2025 / 0 Comments

    As I’ve been traveling around Washington state this past year for Humanities Washington, the question I’m asked most frequently is “what is your favorite apple?” Following close behind is “what is your recipe…

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  • Cake,  Debunking,  Desserts

    The Presidential Scandal that Spawned Two Desserts: Part 1

    Amanda Van Lanen / February 17, 2025 / 0 Comments

    It’s President’s Day, the perfect time to dive into the origins of two popular 1970s desserts: Watergate Cake with Cover-up Frosting and Watergate Salad. Both take their name from Richard Nixon’s infamous Watergate…

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  • Debunking,  Desserts,  Economizing,  Pie

    Debunking Viral Recipes: Water Pie

    Amanda Van Lanen / January 7, 2025 / 2 Comments

    I enjoy watching cooking videos. In recent years, content creators have recreated several historic recipes with results that range from delicious to disgusting. While these videos are highly entertaining, the historian in me…

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  • Cookies,  Desserts,  Holidays

    Betty Crocker’s Christmas Cookies

    Amanda Van Lanen / December 25, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Merry Christmas! It’s the time of year for spending time with family and friends, and for some of us, lots of baking. We have our holiday favorites: rolled sugar cookies, ginger snaps, pecan…

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  • Cook Book
    Camping,  Casseroles,  Dinner

    Shipwreck: A Historic Fire Lookout Dish

    Amanda Van Lanen / September 16, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Last weekend, my husband and I attempted to stay at Surveyors Lookout in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest near Avery, Idaho. Fire towers are an iconic part of western forests. Before the advent…

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  • Apples,  Fruit,  Interesting Stories

    Summer apple adventures

    Amanda Van Lanen / July 7, 2024 / 0 Comments

    This year, it’s been my pleasure to serve on the Washington Humanities Speakers Bureau. I’ve been traveling around the state talking about my book The Washington Apple, now available in paperback! If you’re…

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  • Cookbook Authors,  Diet

    French Women Don’t Get Fat?

    Amanda Van Lanen / January 14, 2024 / 0 Comments

    It’s the time of year for resolutions and a host of diet advertisements and articles to accompany them, which makes it the perfect time to review The Low Calorie French Cookbook by Marguerite…

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  • Advertising,  Beverages,  Breakfast,  Corporations

    Pancakes and Camping

    Amanda Van Lanen / September 24, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Labor day has come and gone, but fall is still a great time for camping. A few weeks ago we stayed at a Forest Service cabin in the mountains. While we did not…

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  • Desserts,  Fruit,  Pie

    Huckleberry Season

    Amanda Van Lanen / July 31, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Not to brag, but here in the Northwest, we have an abundance of fresh fruit. From June through October, we are blessed with strawberries, raspberries, cherries, apricots, peaches, blackberries, pears, and apples. So…

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