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- Did Prohibition Kill Cider? A Malus Myth Investigated
- Gastropod: The Big Apple Episode
- Beer Sessions Radio: Cider and Land
- Fruit in the Forest
- PhD in Cider
- Beer Sessions Radio – Still Cider
- Finger Lakes Fruit Heritage Events at Cider Week 2016
- Cider in Historic Newspapers series
- Dorothy Hartley: Verjuice
- Pheasants and Pear Trees
- West County Cider Tasting with Peter Hoover
- Cider Salon, NYC
- Cider Week at the Finger Lakes Cider House
- Two Apple Festivals, One Weekend
- Cheese Meditation Minute
- Blossom Time in New York
- Mistletoe
- Hollenbeck’s Cider Mill – A Thanksgiving Miracle
- Lambic, the Cider of Beers
- “Magic of Cider” on WFIU Earth Eats with Annie Corrigan
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Category Archives: Landscapes
Fruit in the Forest
I’m Happy to post a link to my article in Voices, the Journal of the New York Folklore Society: http://www.nyfolklore.org/pubs/v43fw3-4-2017/10-fw2017-kennedy-1.html The PDF of the article can also be downloaded here: Fruit In the Forest
Posted in Landscapes, Media, North America, Northeast, Publication
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Finger Lakes Fruit Heritage Events at Cider Week 2016
This post was written as a guest post for the Cider Week Finger Lakes blog as a prelude to Cider Week 2016. Please visit their site to find out about all the amazing events happening during Cider Week Finger Lakes. … Continue reading
Pheasants and Pear Trees
The end of January is the close of pheasant season in England. The Beater’s Shoot marks the day at the end of the season when the paying guns are done, and the beaters take guns in hand. At this point … Continue reading
Posted in Landscapes, Perry, UK
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Cider Salon, NYC
When you need to advance beyond the next creative horizon; when you have an idea buzzing around in your mind that needs to be refracted through the lens of a different constellation of thoughts; or when you are tired, tired, … Continue reading
Posted in Cider Week, History, Landscapes, North America
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Blossom Time in New York
The blossoms have come and are now almost gone here in upstate New York. Since I last posted, nigh eons ago, I’ve relocated from Indiana to the Finger Lakes region of New York to start a new job. It’s been … Continue reading
Posted in Landscapes, North America, Northeast, Orchards, Vineyards
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Mistletoe
During my research in England, I wrote some observations (reposted below) about my encounters with mistletoe, and I recently got to revisit them in a conversation with Annie Corrigan on WFIU Radio’s Earth Eats Program. If you are interested in … Continue reading
Posted in Events, History, Landscapes, Orchards, UK
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Cider on the Prairie
I decided to pay a visit to a place very close to my heart: Conner Prairie Living History Museum, where I worked for about five summers during college. I had not been back in many years, and I was excited to … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Varieties, History, Landscapes, Midwest, North America, Orchards
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Elderflower Detour
June in Indiana is the time to gather Elderflowers, though almost no one does, except me. Some folks here are familiar with the elderberry as an edible fruit for pies or cordials, but floral tastes are not something that … Continue reading
Posted in Elderflower, Landscapes, North America, UK
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Relegated to the Burn Pile
I’ve been neglecting the blog lately due to some heavy dissertation writing, rewriting, and career hand-wringing. Many paragraphs have been relegated to the burn pile. Grafting new ideas onto old roots. Trying not to get swept away by some new … Continue reading
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The Levels
It’s November, and we’ve had our first snow here in Indiana. After the immersive and intensive dive into NY Cider Week, it’s been nice let my mind drift back to England as I spend time transcribing more interviews. Somehow, I … Continue reading
Posted in Landscapes, Orchards, UK
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