Life on the trail for American cowboys was rough, and a lot of the foods they are were out of necessity and practicality, ...

Civil War soldiers had to make the best out of small rations and sparse ingredients when it came to their meals.

Nothing works up a hunger like hitting the dusty trail on horseback or working a long day on the ranch. And when cowboys of yore were tired or needed to fuel up for a little more giddy-up, their go-to ...

Ihave always wondered whether hardtack, the food staple that Union soldiers called jawbreakers and worm castles, was really all that bad. Historian William C. "Jack" Davis has tried to answer that ...

Editor’s note: This is the first piece in a new series we’ll be publishing called “Foods of War.” The intention is to examine the historicity behind different rations and meals served to soldiers and ...

I have always wondered whether hardtack, the food staple that Union soldiers called jawbreakers and worm castles, was really all that bad. Historian William C. "Jack" Davis has tried to answer that ...

THE only trouble with this coffee pot around a Hundred and Sixty-eighth Street is it’s practically one whole war behind the times. Dozens of guys who go in there off the Fifth Avenue buses are old ...