GastroHistoryAn excellent new article from @denker_joel: Lemon Tree, Very Pretty: Sicilian Immigrants and the Citrus Trade https://www.foodpassages.com #foodhistory #FoodPassages #critus #NewOrleans #Sicily #immigrantexperience #business #Creole #Italian
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“Yes, We Have No Bananas”: It’s All Greek to Me Roaming the web recently, I made a discovery, one that sheds light on the marriage between immigrants and fruit peddling. I had always assumed that the popular song, “Yes, We Have No Bananas,” was written about an Italian hawking fruit. I was wrong. Thanks to …