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Mousse, it’s not just for chocolate.

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November 30th is National Mousse Day. You may be surprised what all you can turn into a mousse. “Asparagus Mousse” from Peace Cookbook. “Blue Cheese Mousse” “Spam Mousse” from Dixie Classic Fair for Northwest North Carolina: Favorite Recipes from Friends of the Fair. “Malay Mousse” from High Hampton Hospitality. “Cucumber Mousse” from Home Cookin’. “Maple […]

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In barber’s chair, whites weren’t in driver’s seat

Posted in Just A Bite, tagged black barbers, douglas w bristol jr, knights of the razor, new bern nc on November 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »

“With a flick of the wrist, 19th century black barbers could have slit the throats of the white men they shaved…. “While no record exists of a black barber behaving like Sweeney Todd, stories circulated that reminded white customers of the threat. In one such account, from New Bern, North Carolina, physician Hugh Jones entered […]

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