One of my favorite things is “encampment cooking”. The photo here shows my part of The Greyhounds of Fairhaven encampment…
This recipe for pumpkin pie comes from Aunt Babette’s Cook Book, published in 1889. It is both similar to, and different from modern recipes for pumpkin pie.
Cookey. (Dutch, koekje.) A little cake. Used in New York and in New England. A Near Year’s Cookey is a…
Hopping John is a New Year’s tradition that has survived relatively unchanged since the mid-19th Century. Specifically a Carolina tradition,…
Spend much time with historic texts, and you get the feeling Inigo Montoya is standing over your shoulder. “This word…
This pie is unusual by modern standards, but I have seen similar recipes in several 19th century cook books. It’s…
In the 19th century, shortcrust pastries similar to today’s were not the only type of pie pastry, not even the…
The ingredients of the past may be very different from today.
A quick overview of the types of wheat used in flour, and their importance in historic cooking.
A 19th century baking powder biscuit, simple, tender, and delicious.