I have always wondered whether hardtack, the food staple that Union soldiers called jawbreakers and worm castles, was really all that bad. Historian William C. "Jack" Davis has tried to answer that ...

If you’ve been working your way through God of War Ragnarok, chances are you’ve heard the word ‘Hardtack’ get brought up in conversation. If you’ve never heard of this word before, there’s a good ...

Remember when we were lifting our spirits with loaves of homemade sourdough during the early days of the pandemic? It was only 23 months ago, but it feels like a lifetime. Cooking and baking have been ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Napoleon famously said that an army marches on its stomach. Considering what our Civil War soldiers ate, it’s a miracle they moved at all. Their basic marching ration was eight to 10 pieces of ...

THE only trouble with this coffee pot around a Hundred and Sixty-eighth Street is it’s practically one whole war behind the times. Dozens of guys who go in there off the Fifth Avenue buses are old ...

CORALVILLE - Kathrine Moermond can probably tell you more about Civil War-era food than those who were alive (and eating it) 150 years ago. The Iowa City woman is personally and professionally ...