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Megan Elias

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In America's Sandwiches, the Story of a Nation

What the origins of tuna salad, the club sandwich, PB & J, Chow Mein sandwich, and the Scotch Woodcock reveal about our shared history.

by Megan Elias, Paul Freedman, Andrew P. Haley, Imogene L. Lim, Ken Albala via The Conversation on November 2, 2017
The Turn-of-the-Century Lesbians Who Founded The Field of Home Ec

Flora Rose and Martha Van Rensselaer lived in an open lesbian relationship and helped found the field of home economics.

by Megan Elias, Erin Blakemore via JSTOR Daily on December 30, 2016

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The Government Taste Testers Who Reshaped America’s Diet

In the 1930s, a forgotten federal bureau experimented with ways to make soy and other products more popular in the U.S.

by Michael Waters via Smithsonian on August 9, 2019

First Lady Grace Coolidge with the racoon that was meant to be dinner.

Why President Coolidge Never Ate His Thanksgiving Raccoon

A tradition as American as apple pie, and older than the Constitution.

by Luke Fater via Atlas Obscura on November 26, 2019

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