Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The cuisine of the antebellum United States characterizes American eating and cooking habits from about 1776 to 1861. During this period different regions of the United States adapted to their surroundings and cultural backgrounds to create specific regional cuisines, modernization of technology led to changes in food consumption, and evolution of taverns into hotels led to the beginnings of ...
The Victorian breakfast was usually a heavy meal: sausages, preserves, bacon and eggs, served with bread rolls. The custom of afternoon tea served before dinner, with milk and sugar, became well-established in Britain in the early 19th century. A selection of tea sandwiches and biscuits, petit fours, nuts and glazed fruits would be served on ...
majolica n. 1. is earthenware decorated with coloured lead glazes applied directly to an unglazed body. Victorian majolica is the familiar mass-produced earthenware decorated with coloured lead glazes [6] made during the Victorian era (1837–1900) in Britain, Europe and the US, typically hard-wearing, surfaces frequently moulded in relief, vibrant translucent glazes, in a variety of styles ...
Nevers dish in the istoriato style, with the Triumph of Julius Caesar, very loosely after Mantegna, 1600–1630 The city of Nevers , Nièvre , now in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central France, was a centre for manufacturing faience , or tin-glazed earthenware pottery, between around 1580 and the early 19th century.
The Coalport porcelain manufactory, the first porcelain factory in the Ironbridge Gorge, England, was founded by the practical and enterprising John Rose in 1795. Financial support was provided by Edward Blakeway (1720-1811). John Rose had probably trained at the Caughley porcelain manufactory, less than a mile away on the other side of the ...
Those white “reel” discs held dozens of images that also could appear in 3D, scenes of Yosemite or Batman or Mickey Mouse. But those full-color moments felt more like watching a freeze-frame ...
The cuisine of early modern Europe (c. 1500–1800) was a mix of dishes inherited from medieval cuisine combined with innovations that would persist in the modern era. The discovery of the New World, the establishment of new trade routes with Asia and increased foreign influences from sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East meant that Europeans ...
Pyrex dishes have been a staple in American households for over 100 years. Even if you don't own any, chances are your parents' and grandparents' cupboards are chock full of the brightly-colored ...