A street fair is held annually down on the main street in my neighborhood. I don’t necessarily go every year, but this past weekend I needed a few things from the grocery, the fair was in full swing, and so I ended up in the midst of it all. Naturally, there were vendors selling everything [...]
Archive for June 23rd, 2009
Arepas, dodgers, and jonny cakes
Posted in culinary history, historic cooking, tagged arepas, cornbread, Indian aka corn meal, jonny cakes on June 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Historic cakes & cookies
Posted in culinary history, historic cookbooks, historic cooking, historic cooking/classes/events, historic receipts (recipes), historic site, tagged "Remember the Ladies", 18th century foodways, 18th century weekend, Old Barracks Museum on June 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
On the second day of the “Remember the Ladies” 18th Century weekend, at the Old Barracks Museum in Trenton, NJ, I participated in a baking class wherein three dishes were made: Gingerbread Nuts; Naples Biscuit; and Rusks. The receipts (recipes) we used were taken from Colonial Burlington Cookery, a recently published manuscript cookbook kept by [...]
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