Culture
Sunday, 6/28, 09:11 AM
A table divided: what food said about class in 1776 America
- As the thirteen colonies moved toward independence, the food on the table was a clear marker of where you stood.
- Imported sugar and fine wine for the wealthy, cornmeal and salt pork for ordinary families, and the barest rations for the enslaved — with 250 years of American cooking taking shape across that divide.