Ladies of the Pen and the Cookpot: The Other Mrs. (Lydia) Child
Events constantly reinforce the old saying, “History repeats itself.” Like the other Mrs. Child (Julia, that is), Mrs. Lydia Maria …
Tag Archives: American Cooking
Buttering Up
Peppermint flavoring, almond extract, gooey candied fruit, thick dark molasses, perfumey cardamom … the list could go mouth-wateringly on and …
Civil War Christmases
I beg to present you as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with 100 and 50 guns and plenty …
Christmas in Colonial Williamsburg
Now Christmas comes, ‘tis fit that we Should feast and sing, and merry be; Keep open house, let fiddlers play, …
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL! For more vintage Thanksgiving postcards, see my post about them from last year: Vintage Thanksgiving Postcards.
The Historic Gastronomist
Like old cookbooks? Like old recipes? Then don’t miss this down-to-earth video, shot by Liza de Guia, entitled “The Historic …
Tradition, and the Foods of Hunger
In the third never-ending winter, a famine struck the land. You had nibbled me from inside – emptiness pulled my …
The Chicken or the Egg? 2. The Cooking of Eggs
There is reason in roasting of eggs! ~~~ James Boswell, Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides In nineteenth-century America, …
Good Golly, Miss Molly: Mary Randolph’s Boarding House
In March, 1808, readers of The Richmond Virginia Gazette would have read the following advertisement in the pages of that …
Boarding Houses, Fodder for Popular Culture
Boarding houses, a slice of the folkloric American food story … American food icon James Beard grew up in an …
