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Ben Picks Ten: Southern Comfort Foods

Our friend Ben is back with more One-Ben Awards, this time in the realm of Southern comfort foods. (What are One-Ben Awards, you ask? See my earlier post, “Ben Picks Ten: Music,” to find o… more »

Poor Richard's Almanac

The Women of the North

wckeesey wrote 3 days ago: Although both the north and south were governed by the same central congressional body, they had ver … more »

Tags: civilwar, Civil War Women, Women, Religion, Women at War, nurses, Sanitation Commission

Maria- The Debutante — 10 comments

chautona wrote 6 days ago: First, I must remind you to pronounce the name properly. This is the eighteenth and nineteenth cen … more »

Tags: Sewing, costumes, costume, Regency, period dress, period costume, Austen, Reenactment, Pride & Prejudice

Na na na na na na na na

boyzine wrote 3 weeks ago: NO SWEAT! Remember North and South? The boy band with their own tv series? And members from both t … more »

Tags: BBC, no sweat, TV

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell — 2 comments

onlyanovel wrote 2 months ago: ‘Oh, Helstone! I shall never love any place like you.’ So exclaims Margaret Hale in a … more »

Tags: Books, Elizabeth Gaskell, Fiction, Literature, Reading, Review, John Thornton, Margaret Hale

Dasey- Gross or not? and a BBC movie

anahitathepurebloodprincess wrote 2 months ago: Me again! Last night (after I stopped blogging), I Googled Derek and Casey (Those are the stars of … more »

Tags: Disney, Narnia, Books, landmark, Classics, Life, with, Derek, Casey

Masterpiece Theater--Cranford--May 4, 11, 18 — 5 comments

Jan wrote 2 months ago: Masterpiece Theater is showing a 3-week series–May 4, 11 and 18–called Cranford starting … more »

Tags: Books, Television, Historical Books, cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell, Masterpiece Theater, wives and daughters

Some Say that Gaskell is Austen embellished with Dickens... — 4 comments

Laurel Ann wrote 2 months ago: “A comparison (of Elizabeth Gaskell) to Jane Austen for its combination of humor and moral ju … more »

Tags: Austen Inspired, Jane Austen, cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, wives and daughters, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Imelda Staunton

Preston Cotton Martyrs by J S Leigh — 9 comments

Moira wrote 3 months ago: The millworkers who shocked a nation. The working and living conditions for the mill families in P … more »

Tags: Non-fiction: history, Non-fiction: sociology, Entries by Moira, cotton industry, Preston, Gaskell, J S Leigh

Ben Picks Ten: Southern Comfort Foods — 15 comments

ourfriendben wrote 3 months ago: Our friend Ben is back with more One-Ben Awards, this time in the realm of Southern comfort foods. ( … more »

Tags: Wit and Wisdom, Recipes, one-Ben awards, comfort food, Southern Food

Bosses and Trade Unions Unite in Peace

aarwen wrote 3 months ago: North & South DVD Review Starring Daniela Denby-Ashe, Richard Armitage, Sinead Cusack and … more »

Tags: Relationships, Social Justice, animosity, Boss, cotton mill, Distrust, England, Fair Wages, Industrial Revolution

The case of the shocking shortcake. — 3 comments

ourfriendben wrote 4 months ago: Our friend Ben and Silence Dogood are going to coauthor today’s post so we can talk about two … more »

Tags: Wit and Wisdom, gardening, Recipes, strawberry shortcake, asparagus, spring, Biscuits, nouvelle cuisine, butter

Snow and beet Jello

ourfriendben wrote 5 months ago: To think, I was going to write a serious post today about early America. But as I watched the snow s … more »

Tags: gardening, Recipes, snow, beet Jello

CAROLINA NOVELISTS SERIES!

columbiacollegeenglishdepartment wrote 5 months ago: at the Richland County Public Library All events will be held at 6 PM and are free and open to the … more »

Tags: Columbia happenings, Departmental events/information, Authors, bastard out of carolina, Books, Dorothy Allison, john holman, John Jakes, Library