How to celebrate July 4th according to cookbooks.

Celebrate with…

A picnic

Fourth of July Picnic - Given to Hospitality

Fourth of July Picnic from Given to hospitality : a cook book.

Some ice cream

Fourth of July Ice Cream-Our Own Kitchen Survival Kit

Fourth of July Ice Cream from Our own kitchen survival kit.

…don’t forget the toppings

Fourth of July Ice Cream Toppings-Our Own Kitchen Survival Kit

Ice Cream Toppings from Our own kitchen survival kit.

A former president

President Reagan's Favorite Macaroni and Cheese - Capitol Cook Books

President Reagan’s Favorite Macaroni and Cheese from Capitol cook book : with best wishes from Congressman James T. Broyhill.

Liver Deluxe (Ford) - Congressional Cook Book

Liver Deluxe from Congressional cook book.

The first First Lady

Martha Washington's-Out of Our League

Martha Washington’s from Out of our league.

 

Moral Mondays vie for share of Kardashians’ attention

“In teaching about inequality, protest, and social change, I’ve sometimes cited the Moral Mondays/Forward Together movement to offer an example, or to link general principles to local events.

“In doing so, I’ve found that, in a class of thirty or so students, only a few will know what I’m referring to, let alone who is protesting what. I am thus reminded that most of the time students spend on their smartphones is not devoted to following the news but to communicating with their equally detached peers….

“It would be a mistake to blame students for what they don’t know, to chide them for being absorbed in social media or celebrity trivia. Students are products of their culture, time, and place. As are we all. If college students today know more about the Kardashians than about politics and policy, it’s because of what they’ve been taught to mind and taught to ignore….”