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Welsh Cakes: Not a Scone, Not a Cookie
At the Smithsonian Folklife Festival last week, three chefs demonstrated their techniques for making Welsh cake.I had never heard of Welsh cakes. At first mention, I pictured something like this video of the process of making a chocolate cake, but it turns out that baking a Welsh cake is quite diff...
July 01, 2009 |
By Ashley Luthern
Folklife Festival Events for Wednesday, July 1
Events are divided by each of the three cultures featured at this year's festival—Giving Voice, Las Americas and Wales—and subdivided by the pavilion where the event takes place. Don't forget to get your festival map so you can plan your day!GIVING VOICEBarbershop/Beauty Parlor11:00 AM-12:00 PM Sto...
July 01, 2009 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Folklife Festival Events for Sunday, June 28
Events are divided by each of the three cultures featured at this year's festival—Giving Voice, Las Americas and Wales—and subdivided by the pavilion where the event takes place. Don't forget to get your festival map so you can plan your day! After today, festival events will resume on July 1.GIVIN...
June 28, 2009 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Folklife Festival Events for Saturday, June 27
Events are divided by each of the three cultures featured at this year's festival—Giving Voice, Las Americas and Wales—and subdivided by the pavilion where the event takes place. Don't forget to get your festival map so you can plan your day!Barbershop/Beauty Parlor11:00 AM-12:00 PM Hair Stories wi...
June 27, 2009 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Folklife Festival Events for Friday, June 26
Events are divided by each of the three cultures featured at this year's festival—Giving Voice, Las Americas and Wales—and subdivided by the pavilion where the event takes place. Don't forget to get your festival map so you can plan your day!GIVING VOICEBarbershop/Beauty Parlor11:00 AM-12:00 PM Sto...
June 26, 2009 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Folklife Festival Events for Thursday, June 25
Events are divided by each of the three cultures featured at this year's festival—Giving Voice, Las Americas and Wales—and subdivided by the pavilion where the event takes place. Don't forget to get your festival map so you can plan your day!GIVING VOICEBarbershop/Beauty Parlor11:00 AM-12:00 PM Sto...
June 25, 2009 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Booting Up a Computer Pioneer’s 200-Year-Old Design
Charles Babbage, the grandfather of the computer, envisioned a calculating machine that was never built, until now
April 02, 2009 |
By Aleta George
Voices from Literature’s Past
The British Library’s Spoken Word albums of recordings by British and American writers shed new light on the authors' work
March 20, 2009 |
By Matthew Gurewitsch
In Northern Ireland, Getting Past the Troubles
A decade after Protestants and Catholics agreed on a peace treaty, both sides are adjusting to a hopeful new reality
March 2009 |
By Joshua Hammer
At Home with the Darwins
Recipes offer an intimate glimpse into the life of Charles Darwin and his family
January 23, 2009 |
By Kathleen M. Burke
Out of Darwin’s Shadow
Alfred Russel Wallace arrived at the theory of natural selection independently of Charles Darwin and nearly outscooped Darwin’s The Origin of Species
January 22, 2009 |
By Lyn Garrity
Rewriting History in Great Britain
Recently uncovered documents in the British archives reveal dark secrets from World War II. One problem: they are forgeries
November 18, 2008 |
By Gregory Katz
New Light on Stonehenge
The first dig in 44 years inside the stone circle changed our view of why—and even when—the monument was built
October 2008 |
By Dan Jones
Dispatch from Stonehenge, Day 14
April 13: The Druids Bless Our Departure
April 14, 2008 |
By Dan Jones
A Brief History of Scotland Yard
Investigating London's famous police force and some of its most infamous cases
September 28, 2007 |
By Jess Blumberg
