Christmas in Colonial Williamsburg
Now Christmas comes, ‘tis fit that we Should feast and sing, and merry be; Keep open house, let fiddlers play, …
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Idylls of Cuisine, #41
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Jane Carson’s Colonial Virginia Cookery: Procedures, Equipment, and Ingredients in Colonial Cooking
Colonial Virginia Cookery: Procedures, Equipment, and Ingredients in Colonial Cooking, by Jane Carson (1968, reprinted 1985). Filled with the kind …
Christmas in Antebellum Virginia: Part II
Dey ‘s a-wokin’ in de qua’tahs a-preparin’ fu’ de feas’, So de little pigs is feelin’ kind o’ shy. De …
World AIDS Day 2009, and a Tribute to Celestine
Today is World AIDS Day. Over 2 million people died of AIDS last year. And about 34 million people live …
