Pound cake is a dense, buttery cake traditionally made with equal parts flour, eggs, sugar, and butter. Variations include using alternative ingredients for moisture and adding flavorings such as vanilla or fruit. Modern bakers often make smaller cakes to avoid waste. Pound cake is a popular dessert cake in the United States, particularly the South, […]
Ezra Pound was a significant figure in the modernist movement, befriending poets like Hilda Doolittle and William Carlos Williams, and initiating the Imagism movement. He married artist Dorothy Shakespear and settled in Italy, but during World War II, he sided with Mussolini’s regime and was arrested for treason. Confined to St. Elizabeth’s Psychiatric Hospital for […]
