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American Cookery magazine

Gourmet magazine helped change the way Americans cooked and thought about food in the latter part of the 20th century. In the first half of the century it was a magazine called American Cookery. American Cookery was first published as The Boston Cooking School Magazine. The magazine was founded in 1896 and changed its name to American Cookery [...]
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Milky Way candy bars

Saturday night one of the most popular candy bars in the entire universe will be handed out to trick or treaters. It’s the Milky Way! Now when I was a kid I always traded my Milky Ways (or gave them to my mom!). I didn’t like them. Well, a couple weeks ago I was craving chocolate [...]
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Stork Club matchbook cover

The Stork Club on East 53rd Street in New York City existed at a time when cigarettes were held in lighters and alcohol was nicknamed “gasoline” (courtesy Frank Sinatra). The 1940s and 50s were the club’s heyday. A golden chain barred the unglamorous from the entering this famed nightclub. But if you were somebody, ie: [...]
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