Corn, beans, and just another squash: 10,000 BCE to 1600 -- "The times wherein old Pompion was a saint": from pumpkin beer to pumpkin pie, 1600 to 1799 -- Thoreau sits on a pumpkin: the making of a ...
Cindy Ott is an associate professor of American studies at St. Louis University. In her book, Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon, she provides a fascinating lens for the cultural, social ...