Marc Rumminger

[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

A new post (more like a rant) about two software design 'features' that annoy me https://t.co/avzJjsiwis

[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

Abraham Lincoln and the 2 ton block of cheese #NationalCheeseDay
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[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

Was "The Band Wagon" (1953) the first Hollywood movie to mention pizza?  #NationalPizzaDay
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[Paula Forbes @paulaforbes]

running my spring cookbook preview friday, if you’ve got a book publishing between feb 1 and end of may, let me know? specifically looking for indie/self-published stuff that wouldn’t come up on edelweiss/amazon. dms open or email in bio

[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

Updated post:  During her campaign for a National Thanksgiving Holiday, did Sarah Hale ever meet President Lincoln?
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[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

New post:  a strange taxi ride in #SanFrancisco in the 1947 film noir Dark Passage
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[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

Updated post with great new information:  a pizzeria sign in "On The Town" could be the first mention of pizza in a Hollywood movie

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[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

New post: soap making and selling by the B.T. Babbitt company in the 19th century https://t.co/gINMEsrTkM

[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

Caffeine in Your Cup of Tea: Loose Versus Bagged #InternationalTeaDay
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[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

I updated my post on celery and restaurant menus to include an appearance of celery in the 1948 musical movie "Easter Parade" (which is set in 1911-12)
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[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

New post: Scenes from the 1864 Brooklyn Sanitary Fair to aid Union soldiers during the Civil War
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[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

Was "The Band Wagon" (1953) the first Hollywood movie to mention pizza?  #NationalPizzaDay

https://t.co/yoSIyoTmh0

[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

A fascinating Trails to Oishii Tokyo about Japan's Aduki beans. The beans have been grown in Japan for 5,000 years, with 300 varieties known. The super-premium beans from fields near Kyoto can fetch prices of $17/lb (the "rubies of the field").
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[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

Updated post:  Did it make sense for asafoetida to be mentioned in the classic Hollywood Western "El Dorado"?
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[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

Updared post: Old restaurant menus for Christmas, New Year’s Day, and for a gathering of bankers
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[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

Meet Sarah Hale, a writer who campaigned for a national #Thanksgiving holiday for 30+ years in the 19th century
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[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

Did you know that Vincent van Gogh completed 14 painting of olive trees while confined to Saint-Paul-de-Mausole psychiatric hospital? Learn why on #NationalOliveDay https://t.co/SaH79Ki2S4

[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

The first new post on my blog in a while addresses inconsequential questions about #pizza and #movies: in which Hollywood film was pizza first mentioned? Could it be The Band Wagon (1953)?

https://t.co/yoSIyoTmh0

[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

Hale was also a novelist and editor of compilations of others' work. One of her goals was to create more respect for American literature, which was under the shadow of Europe in the 1800s.

[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

Using her postion as "editress" (her preferred term) of a national magazine, Sarah Hale pushed for a national Thanksgiving holiday
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[Marc Rumminger @slicesofbluesky]

She also wrote hundreds of letters to her wide network, which included influential publishers, writers, politicians and more