
Megan Gambino
Senior Editor at Smithsonian Magazine
Associate Editor, http://t.co/EVPIyksZZM.
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Nov 26, 2024 |
smithsonianmag.com | Megan Gambino
Today, the traditional Thanksgiving dinner includes any number of dishes: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, candied yams, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. But if one were to create a historically accurate feast, consisting of only those foods that historians are certain were served at the so-called first Thanksgiving, there would be slimmer pickings. “Wildfowl was there. Corn, in grain form for bread or for porridge, was there.
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Dec 14, 2023 |
msn.com | Megan Gambino
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Dec 14, 2023 |
smithsonianmag.com | Megan Gambino
The Best Books of 2023 A Smithsonian magazine special report This year’s top titles include an art history primer, a collection of silly poems and a mathematical word problem in disguise When poetry editor Lou Peacock compiled A Whale of a Time: Funny Poems for Each Day of the Year, she chose Rita Dove’s “The First Book” to be the entry for January 1.
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Nov 21, 2023 |
smithsonianmag.com | Megan Gambino
In the last century, there are few events that have been studied with greater scrutiny than the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. But, that is the problem, according to author and History Channel personality Brad Meltzer.
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Oct 27, 2023 |
smithsonianmag.com | Megan Gambino
A few years back, I called Thomas Andres, at the time a researcher at the New York Botanical Garden, with a clear agenda. What advice, I asked, do you have when it comes to pumpkin carving? Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to keep jack-o’-lanterns in good condition through Halloween? His tips were just as handy then as they are now, when I have two young children eager to see their pumpkins last as long as possible. Andres is a cucurbitologist. Translation: He is a pumpkin expert.
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