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Five for Friday: Eva Stachniak’s THE CHOSEN MAIDEN
Interview with Eva Stachniak How did you come across this story? What inspired you to write about it? The Chosen Maiden was born out of my fascination with Ballets Russes, a Russian dance company...
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Divine Fat: Butter in Spiritual Mythology
A woman making butter, Paris 1499. By Elaine Khosrova (Guest Contributor) In modern times, butter has become a commodity that serves primarily a culinary purpose. But for many of our early ancestors,...
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Fashion as Resistance in WWII France
Odette Fabius, member of the Résistance and survivor of the Ravensbruck camp. Here, she proudly wears a Lanvin suit while being an active résistante. By Anne Sebba (Guest Contributor) Mentioning...
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A Failed Immigration Ban: Closing the Mexican Border
By Pamela Toler (Regular Contributor) Concerns that immigrants flooding across the border threaten the nation’s basic institutions. Construction of armed posts to defend the border. Passage of new,...
View ArticleWe Heart Chocolate: a new podcast!
Valentine’s Day is on the horizon, which means that we will be seeing a lot more chocolate at the grocery store. While it may seem as if there is an abundance of the stuff, we may actually be facing a...
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Ohio as Paradise during the French Revolution
By Benjamin Hoffmann (Guest Contributor) Every time I go to work, I cross the Scioto river. It’s a wide, long river in the state of Ohio, streaming on the western side of the city of Columbus. Driving...
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A Jewish Writer Revived by Her Daughters
By Susan Rubin Suleiman (Guest Contributor) Fall is the season for the big literary prizes in France. On a November afternoon in 2004, Denise Epstein-Dauplé had just turned on the radio in her kitchen...
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The Strange Death of a Cautious Courtesan
By Aaron Freundschuh (Guest Contributor) Until the night of her murder in a lavish apartment just off the Champs-Elysées, Madame Régine de Montille had taken pains to avoid the demise of her less...
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The Radium Girls: Women Who Glowed in the Dark
By Kate Moore (Guest Contributor) This website is entitled “Wonders and Marvels.” At the turn of the century, perhaps the greatest wonder on the planet was Marie Curie’s newly discovered element:...
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Five for Friday: Crystal King
Interview with Crystal King How did you come across this story? What inspired you to write about it? I came across an anecdote about the ancient Roman gourmand, Apicius, in a book that I was reading,...
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