Whoever he was, his secret went to the grave with him, but its effects are still felt today. Holy Cow! History is written by novelist, former TV journalist and diehard history buff J. Mark Powell.

It's the first time in 30 years Rolling Pin Donuts has closed its Camarillo store, owners say. But for the sweet of tooth, don't worry: It's temporary. The popular doughnut shop was the victim of ...

Supermarkets’ cake mix shelves feature the Big Three. There’s Pillsbury, whose Doughboy is a cartoon character. There’s Betty Crocker; sure, her pretty face is on the box, but it’s a ...

Rebecca Roland is an editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, who covers the evolving landscape of Los Angeles’s food scene. Los Angeles barbecue restaurant Holy Cow is closing its ...

Holy Cow is rooted in Jura, the rural eastern department where the director, a part-time farmer, grew up. Terroir plays as vital a role in Courvoisier’s drama as it does in the wines produced there.

The sunlit opening of French writer-director Louise Courvoisier’s punchy, sweet coming-of-age debut feature, “Holy Cow,” set in a cheese-making pocket of France’s Comté region ...

Winter is rarely a bed of roses, and 1925 had been a particularly rough one. A late January blizzard had dumped up to 4 feet of snow in some parts of the Northeast. In Alaska, a diphtheria ...

Courvoisier is from the village featured and cast her film from the locals working there. All are amateurs, all are naturals. Her Totone is a poultry farm worker, Clément Faveau, an 18-year-old with ...

A woodcut by Paul Revere on the cover of ‘The Massachusetts Calendar; or An Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ 1774,’ featuring Death and a devil attacking Massachusetts royal Gov.

And still a household name today. Holy Cow! History is written by novelist, former TV journalist and diehard history buff J. Mark Powell. Have a historic mystery that needs solving? A forgotten ...

Supermarkets’ cake mix shelves feature the Big Three. There’s Pillsbury, whose Doughboy is a cartoon character. There’s Betty Crocker; sure, her pretty face is on the box, but it’s a ...