Mineral Point, Wisconsin is exactly that kind of magical anomaly – a pocket-sized town where history isn’t something relegated to museums but lives and breathes in the limestone buildings and ...

A part of Interstate 80 in New Jersey passes near and over abandoned iron mines, remnants of a thriving ore-and-mineral industry that began before the American Revolution.

Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT A local resident and a friend of mine told me to avoid ... bite of my pain au chocolat as my Cornish pasty was cooling down. It was beautifully flaky and ...

Traditional Cornish ... the pasty filling ingredients are not cooked before being placed in the pastry. Rolling out the dough Turn the chilled dough onto a lightly floured surface, fold down ...

The centerpiece of this celebration is the pasty, a traditional Cornish pastry that found its ... tossing the remains down mine shafts as offerings to appease spirits and prevent cave-ins.

GENUINE Cornish pasties must contain swede ... I’m not sure it would have made it down the mine intact. The flaking outer was pretty tasty, and inside was generously filled with well-balanced ...

These miners had travelled from Cornwall, where there was a similarly strong mining community in the 19th century, bringing with them their Cornish pasties. Dating back to the 13th century ...

Though their fillings may be a little spicier, the resemblance between the Mexican “paste” and traditional Cornish pasty is uncanny ... the Atlantic Ocean, and down a few mines.

“We’ve always been interested in getting down there ... the 1880s, Cornish miners emigrated to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for copper mining opportunities, introducing pasties to the ...

Cornish Pasty Co. is officially making its way down to the Old Pueblo ... and vegetables, and then baked. Mining was a thriving industry in Cornwall back in the day and at that time pasties were baked ...

the University of Exeter’s Penryn campus and at the Redruth International Mining and Pasty Festival. At Kresen Kernow there will be tours of the archives on offer. Included in these tours is access to ...