Rabbits “are helping win the war,” proclaimed a Los Angeles Times article from 1943. Touted as a patriotic food during World War II, rabbits were raised by thousands of Americans in their backyards.

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You've caught me at home alone, and I'm in the kitchen where I'm making a big pot of jack-rabbit stew. I haven't done this delicate dish in maybe 10 years, and I'm sort of feeling my way along. The ...

Recipe adapted by Gayle B. Smith from a recipe in “Civil War Recipes, Receipts from the Pages of Godey’s Lady’s Book,” edited by Lily May Spaulding and John Spaulding, The University Press of Kentucky ...

A stew or braise is good any time of year, but it is especially welcome during the cold months. You don’t mind heating up the kitchen a bit, and a pot gently simmering on the stove or in the oven is ...

My former father-in-law was a wonderful man, quiet and thoughtful. He had been a featherweight boxing champion in the 1930s and had never lost an amateur fight. He had decided to go professional, but ...