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What was the "haute cuisine" of Nazi Germany? To what extent did the Nazi regime promote traditional German dishes? How did the Nazi ideology impact attitudes toward foreign or "ethnic" cuisines?

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How did the Great Depression affect Amish communities?

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On an episode of No Reservations, Alton Brown says that traditional southern cooking was effectively forgotten by rich white people post-Civil War because they no longer had slaves to make it for them. How accurate is that?

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What is your area of specialization, and what would you consider to be an essential text that someone new to the field should read?

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What did professionally trained, or otherwise well known classical guitarists during the 1950s-1970s think of popular guitarists like BB King, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page? Did they respect them as musicians, or think they were hacks?

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What was considered "trendy" in fine dining during the 1970s and 1980s in the United States?

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What is the earliest year we could go back to with relative certainty that there is nothing that the US government is still classifying?

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What's the history of smells and how we have adapted to them? How did some cultures come to develop tastes or aversions to particular scents? How have smells played a role in shaping history?

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How/when did the concept of corporate public relations develop? When did corporations begin using charitable acts to improve their brand and image?

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Where did the tradition of businesses in the United States hanging their first earned dollar on the wall come from?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What was the "haute cuisine" of Nazi Germany? To what extent did the Nazi regime promote traditional German dishes? How did the Nazi ideology impact attitudes toward foreign or "ethnic" cuisines?	1489
How did the Great Depression affect Amish communities?	347
On an episode of No Reservations, Alton Brown says that traditional southern cooking was effectively forgotten by rich white people post-Civil War because they no longer had slaves to make it for them. How accurate is that?	268
What is your area of specialization, and what would you consider to be an essential text that someone new to the field should read?	108
What did professionally trained, or otherwise well known classical guitarists during the 1950s-1970s think of popular guitarists like BB King, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page? Did they respect them as musicians, or think they were hacks?	72
What was considered "trendy" in fine dining during the 1970s and 1980s in the United States?	37
What is the earliest year we could go back to with relative certainty that there is nothing that the US government is still classifying?	33
What's the history of smells and how we have adapted to them? How did some cultures come to develop tastes or aversions to particular scents? How have smells played a role in shaping history?	22
How/when did the concept of corporate public relations develop? When did corporations begin using charitable acts to improve their brand and image?	15
Where did the tradition of businesses in the United States hanging their first earned dollar on the wall come from?	7