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Frontier Squirrel Burgoo The dish that won a presidential campaign. A thick, smoky stew of game meat and root vegetables — the original American “people’s food.”

There is something almost unbearably American about William Henry Harrison. Born wealthy, died quickly, remembered mostly for a hat he probably wasn’t wearing. He served 31 days as the 9th President of the United States — the shortest presidency in history — and yet the story of what he ate, why he ate it, andContinue reading “Frontier Squirrel Burgoo The dish that won a presidential campaign. A thick, smoky stew of game meat and root vegetables — the original American “people’s food.””

The Accidental President and His Quiet Table: John Tyler, Chess Pie, and the Virginia That Time Forgot

There is no log cabin in John Tyler’s story. No coonskin cap, no iron kettle big enough to feed ten thousand, no hard cider pressed into the hands of adoring crowds. Tyler didn’t campaign for the presidency. He didn’t even particularly want it. He was placed on the Whig ticket as a geographical gesture —Continue reading “The Accidental President and His Quiet Table: John Tyler, Chess Pie, and the Virginia That Time Forgot”