Tag Archive: social history

Book Review: Crash Course–The American Automobile Industry's Road From Glory To Disaster by Paul Ingrassia

Ron reviews Crash Course– a new book about the demise of the American auto industry by Paul Ingrassia

Book Review : Lost in the Meritocracy by Walter Kirn

The story of a man who went to school and college and learned how to drink and drug and lost most of what he knew. And learned only how to work the systems to look smarter than he was.

Book Review : Cooking In Cajun Country

Cajun recipes from the Rural Louisiana Parishes……..Authentic Real Cajun cooking, and not the Corporate faux Cajun food restaurants try to pass off as the real thing

Edible : An Illustrated Guide to the World's Food Plants

An illustrated guide to edible plants, whether Fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts,plants used in beverages, herbs, and spices. With a very concise history of each, and of each group.

The Shameless Carnivore : A Manifesto for Meat Lovers

A book covering the moral, and ethical concerns over eating meat. As well as the author’s attempt to eat thirty one meats in thirty one days, and to eat all of the parts of a cow that the USDA considers fit for human consumption

Why Manners Matter:The Case For Civilized Behavior in a Barbarous World

Why good manners matter more as society gets more and more complex and people get more and more stressed.They also help impress one’s superiors as well

In – N – Out Burger: A Behind the Counter Look at the Fast Food Chain that Breaks All of the Rules.

A social and cultural history of the Fast Food chain that did things by doing everything everyone said they shouldn’t and not only survived but grew to be a Southwestern and California legend

Tokyo Cancelled Practically Perfect Hep-Cats

Sunset falls as ferry crosses Eliot Bay undated photograph by Joel Farmer Today’s pic is for Ron, who admired the ferry pic I previously posted. I confess that today’s books have all three… Read More

Travel By Pullman

My three days off passed all too quickly and mostly all I did was catch up on sleep. Did not make it to the museum or any where else, though I did go… Read More

Bayou Farewell

In June 2002 my father passed away and Joel and I went to New Orleans for the funeral. While we were there, The Times Picayune, published a series of articles titled Washing Away… Read More

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