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Hanoi market women talking: There was an outdoor market across from my hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam. Though it was not large, it was possible to find anything from combs to shoes to fresh meat and vegetables. Merchants line up in long rows, selling their merchandise from a blanket on the...; Format: audio

4-H club girl examining canned foods as part of a 4-H food preservation program: In this black and white photograph a young woman in a dress with a 4-H patch over the breast is admiring a jar of preserved pears. Behind her is an entire cupboard filled with canning jar of other preserved foods.; Format: image/photograph

Americans! Share the meat as a wartime necessity: U.S. Government poster from World War II, announcing the rationing of meat. Poster reads: Americans! Share the meat as a wartime necessity. To meet the needs of our armed forces and fighting allies, a Government order limits the amount of meat...; Format: image/poster

Blackcurrant: The blackcurrant is one of the three edible species of currant; the others are redcurrant and whitecurrant. Blackcurrants grow on a small shrub, Ribes nigrum, and are native to central and northern Europe and northern Asia.; Format: image/photograph

Buddhist prayer to monks for blessing: This prayer was recorded in Trang, Thailand, a small town near the southeastern coast. The people of the town were gathered together to honor the monks in the town by giving them rice and other food. When food is given, a special prayer is said. This part...; Format: audio

Buddhists pray while giving food: This is a standard prayer that is repeated when monks are given food. As part of the ritual, the person giving the food has to say something to the monks about this act. The prayer roughly translates to "we are all together to give this food to you, we hope...; Format: audio

Can all you can: World War II poster asks Americans to "Can all you can -- it's a real war job!"; Format: image/poster

Candy apples at the North Carolina State Fair: Format: image/photograph

Canning demonstration photo: A woman's hand, protected by a towel, removes the ring from a sealed home-canned jar of peaches. From an instructional book on home canning, produced by the U.S. Office of War Information. "Steel-saving glass-top jars recommended by the War Production Board,...; Format: image/photograph

Cassava root: Cassava is a woody shrub of the genus Manihot grown in tropical and subtropical regions. The shrub produces a starchy, edible root that is a major source of carbohydrates for humans in many parts of the world.; Format: image/photograph

Chestnut: Close-up photograph of a sweet chestnut lying on the ground amidst twigs and roots. The chestnut is the nut of the chestnut tree (genus Castanea), native to temperate regions in the Northern Hemisphere.; Format: image/photograph

Chiles en nogada: Chiles en nogada is a dish often served on Mexican Independence Day, 16 de Septiembre.; Format: image/photograph

Colonial cooking: This photograph shows how a typical cooking fire might have looked in the colonial era. A kettle hangs over the fire, and a chicken hangs nearby from a string, cooking slowly. The string allowed the chicken to spin, causing it to cook evenly without having...; Format: image/photograph

Colonial cooking fire: Close-up: Photograph of a re-creation of a colonial-era cooking fire. A kettle hangs over the fire, a few pieces of fish are tied to a board facing the flames, and a chicken hangs nearby from a string, cooking slowly. The string allowed the chicken to spin, causing...; Format: image/photograph

Colonial food items: This photograph from the Alamance Battleground Historic Site in Alamance County, N.C. shows colonial-era tools for food preparation and articles of food that were important in the colonial era. These include a bowl of coffee beans, a wooden and metal hand-mill,...; Format: image/photograph

Conversation in an Asian medicine store: All over Asia, you will find market booths or stores filled with dried spices, dried animal parts, and flowers. These are used to create medicine and home remedies. At the beginning of this conversation, we are talking about a fish stomach. There are apparently...; Format: audio

Cooking on an open fire: A reenactor demonstrates eighteenth-century methods of cooking and talks about colonial foods and foodways.; Format: video/video

Cornmeal mush: Format: image/photograph

Damsons: Damsons are oval-shaped stone fruits related to plums. Because damson skin is more acidic than plum skin, damsons tend to be more sour than plums.; Format: image/photograph

Eating soup inside a home in Thailand: This was recorded in Trang, Thailand, a small town near the southeastern coast. During a ten-day Buddhist vegetarian festival, a young girl, Duan offers to take me to the temple. When I meet her at our appointed time, she takes me up the street to her house....; Format: audio

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