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Poster styles, Propaganda Messages and Advertising History: When Beans Were Bullets
What can war posters tell us about our nation’s attempts to modify food consumption habits? When Beans Were Bullets is an exhibit of posters from World War I & II currently online at the National Agricultural Library more »
CRR: Do Parents Live It Up When Children Fly the Coop?
Parents maintain household-level and increase per-capita consumption when their children leave home. These findings challenge the idea that parents will automatically save more for retirement when their children are independent, indicating that more households are at risk of an unsatisfactory retirement. more »
An Attic Tragedy; Losing a Filmed History of Childhood
I'll never forget when we opened a Sarasota, Florida attic after my father's death. The humidity and heat had destroyed the 16mm film that recorded my first years and on into preteenhood. more »
My Mother’s Cookbook — Winter Salads: Jell-o, Salads of the Era, and Pickled Beets
The winter salad creations of my childhood memory seem quaint, if not downright silly. For instance, the Candlestick Salad, dating back to the 1920s, probably elicited a few adult comments unfit for younger ears to hear. The tapered banana top received a decorative finishing touch of miracle whip and a maraschino cherry, meant to resemble the candle's melting wax and flame more »
