SUGARPLUM VISIONS: Christmas Cookies
…visions of sugarplums danced in their heads. ~~Clement C. Moore~~ ” ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” Happy Holidays to all …
Tag Archives: Bibliographies
Le Potager du Roi, a Kitchen Garden Fit for a King
Winter still chills those of us north of equator and so the time has come to dream of gardens and …
A Whiff of Madeleines and a Sniff of Curry: A List of Delectable Food Memoirs
Why do you love to read food memoirs? Barbara Frey Waxman attempts to answer that question in “Food Memoirs: What …
Christmas in Colonial Williamsburg
Now Christmas comes, ‘tis fit that we Should feast and sing, and merry be; Keep open house, let fiddlers play, …
Ghosts of Gourmet: Ann Seranne
About three days ago, caught in the throes of egg cookery, I realized that Ann Seranne’s name doesn’t ring a …
A Honey of a Bibliography
Beekeeping is farming for intellectuals. ~~Sue Hubbell, A Book of Bees Here are some of the many resources I’ve relied …
The Random Herbalist: Books About Monastic and Medieval Gardens
I find the following books enlightening, soothing, and motivating. My plan is to create/design a medieval/monastic herb garden over the …
Reveling in Books: DIY (Old) Food, Knowledge Lost and Now Found
Want to make your own cheese? How about pickles or chow-chow? Sausage and headcheese? Raise a couple of cows or …
After Pizarro: Food in Colonial Peru and Today (Conclusion)
In Lima, a city more Spanish than perhaps any of the other seats of Spanish viceroyalties in the New World, …
Celebrate Colonial American Cooking: Cookbooks for Thanksgiving and Christmas
Want to celebrate American food history and ingenuity this year? The great state of Virginia gave birth to eight U.S. …
