The chuck wagons, food, and cooks of the golden age of cowboys and cattle drives, and recipes from 1896 for cowboy staples

The First Battle of Bull Run and a recreation of what the spectators who picnicked there might have eaten

The possible origin stories of Kaiser Franz Joseph I’s favorite dessert, kaiserschmarrn, and a recipe for it from his lifetime

The history of Hungarian goulash from simple herdsman's stew to paprika-laden soup, and a recipe from the late 1800s

The origins and evolution of beef stroganoff, and a 19th century recipe that I highly recommend

What a real Victorian sugar plum was, and a labor-intensive, days-long process of making some from a 19th century recipe

The 1826 Eggnog Riot at West Point and a 19th century recipe from the White House Cook Book

Sarah Josepha Hale’s decades-long campaign to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, and a cranberry tart recipe from her magazine in 1866

The origins of the croissant, from Viennese kipferl to the modern flaky pastry, and a mid-19th century recipe for a bread-like version

The history of beef tea, the sustenance of choice for invalids and convalescents in the 19th century, and a recipe from 1851

The wild, crowded house parties of 18th and 19th century London, and a recipe for the delicious, dense cakes that were popular to serve at them

How people have fed and cared for their pets from ancient Rome to the Victorian Age, and a recreation of the original dog biscuit

The dramatic story of the Kellogg brothers and the original recipe for Corn Flakes

The horrific conditions in Civil War prisons, and a mock apple pie recipe from a Confederate cookbook

I chat with Brent Underwood, whose channel, Ghost Town Living, documents his efforts to bring the abandoned mining town of Cerro Gordo back to life, and make a whiskey cocktail that could have been served at one of the town’s saloons

The food of the California Gold Rush and an 1881 recipe for biscuits with salt pork milk gravy

The sometimes surprising and sometimes familiar aspects of saloons in the Old West, and a recipe for pork and beans from 1886

The history of barbecue and two 19th century recipes for barbecued pork and a vinegary sauce

The dining experience aboard the Lusitania and her final voyage, along with a very fancy frozen dessert that was served to second class passengers in 1913

What cooking and eating was like on the Oregon Trail (it was rough), and a 19th century recipe for johnny cakes