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  • Now I am free to be with Abbey, to return to the kitchen chores and to my corn-husk pallet.

    Eliza’s Freedom Road Jerdine Nolen 2011

  • Now I am free to be with Abbey, to return to the kitchen chores and to my corn-husk pallet.

    Eliza’s Freedom Road Jerdine Nolen 2011

  • Now I am free to be with Abbey, to return to the kitchen chores and to my corn-husk pallet.

    Eliza’s Freedom Road Jerdine Nolen 2011

  • Now I am free to be with Abbey, to return to the kitchen chores and to my corn-husk pallet.

    Eliza’s Freedom Road Jerdine Nolen 2011

  • AUTUMN COLONIAL MARKET FAIR, candle making, wood turning, a puppet show, a corn-husk doll craft and historical reenactments of life on the farm.

    Fairfax County community calendar, Oct. 14-21, 2010 Post 2010

  • The masa, or white-cornmeal paste that goes into corn-husk wrappers along with the meat, is made with the garlicky stock from boiling the pork and softened with the secret ingredient too few Mexican cooks dare use but more of them should: manteca.

    Cooking for a Sunday Day 2008

  • The masa, or white-cornmeal paste that goes into corn-husk wrappers along with the meat, is made with the garlicky stock from boiling the pork and softened with the secret ingredient too few Mexican cooks dare use but more of them should: manteca.

    Cooking for a Sunday Day 2008

  • Or when a corn-husk doll sitting on a shelf is soon splaying in the corner of a room and the wicked of how it got there is plain.

    Excerpt: A Mercy by Toni Morrison 2008

  •   The Padre was agonizing on his corn-husk mattress surrounded with candles as he had done for days.

    The Damned Thing Out 2009

  • While campaigning in Texas, Ford ate, or tried to eat, a tamale without first removing its corn-husk wrapper.

    When It’s Head Versus Heart, The Heart Wins 2008

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