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Guest Recommendation: Atlantic Crossing

Atlantic Crossing poster showing Sofia Helin, Kyle MacLachlan and Tobias Santelmann

This guest recommendation comes from Janet Mullany! Janet Mullany is a sometime fiction writer who is a regular contributor for PBS/WETA’s Tellyvisions blog. … A princess steals the heart of the president of the United States. Really, PBS Masterpiece? Is that the best you can do? Because Atlantic Crossing is not some sort of adulterous fairy tale. A production of Norwegian Public Broadcasting (NRK), it tells the story of how Norway’s Crown Princess Märtha, in … Continue reading Guest Recommendation: Atlantic Crossing

RedHeadedGirl’s Historical Kitchen: Election Cake

I know, I know. I KNOW. The only thing I can say is that it’s almost over. Also, you can have cake! So Election Cake is a tradition that NPR is working real hard to revive. Back in The Day, when the US was a primarily agrarian society, Election Day was functionally a civic holiday, and everyone would troop into town, the men would vote and everyone would eat a lot of food (food as … Continue reading RedHeadedGirl’s Historical Kitchen: Election Cake