Robin Doak, author of Empire of the Islamic World explores interesting Islamic food inventions that were thought to be from European sources but might be from Arab conquests of Europe, such as pasta and sugar cane.
One of series of articles on Lake Forest estates (Lake Forest Country Places) published in Helen Yomine's Lake Forest Journal, between 1994 and 1999. This article was number 2. Mrs. Yomine is the spouse of the late Daniel Yomine of Lake Forest.
The…
Though apparently not discussed in this 1866 Chicago guide book, pictured in a lithograph, surely paid for by the J. V. Farwell & Co. management, is this warehouse structure, built in 1856. The lithographer was "Ed Mendel."
The J. V. Farwell…
This 3 x 5 inch color photograph shows three figures, from the left: an unidentified student, James Farmer, and Eugene Hotchkiss, 1928- . After a presentation in Lilly Reid Holt Chapel, Middle Campus, Lake Forest College, the institution's President…