Historic Cookery

A Fantastic Step Back in Time! The fifth annual “Remember the Ladies” weekend was held at the Old Barracks, Trenton, NJ June 13 & 14, 2009 ____________________ THIS JUST IN! “Remember the Ladies” will take place again at the Old Barracks, Trenton, NJ, on June 12 &13, 2010. Be there or be square!

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Yesterday’s historic cooking activities with the students out at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum were a huge success. We even got FAST butter. HUZZAH! And the weather was simply fantastic. We had a day of glorious sunshine that was one amongst the many, many recent cool and rainy days (16 of the past 20, I understand). [...]

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Tomorrow (er, today?) I’ll be doing historic cooking demonstrations for several groups of students out at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum. This will be a first for me, as I usually conduct my workshops in the evenings or on weekends. Nevertheless, I’m sure it’ll be fun. After all, open fire cooking is my passion, and I [...]

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Here are a few more photos from my time at the ALHFAM National Conference, held at Old Salem Museum & Gardens in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this past week. I thought I’d start off with a bit of history. After all, Salem began as a village built by, and for, members of the Moravian Church. The [...]

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Here are some photos from the recent ALHFAM national conference I attended at Old Salem Museum & Gardens in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Yes, I used one of those old-fashioned throw-away point ‘n shoot cameras, and I only just picked up the developed prints. And yes, I know, I need a digital camera. Actually, I DID [...]

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I now have a new-found appreciation for my mattress. You see, this past weekend during the “Remember the Ladies” event, I spent two, count ‘em TWO, nights sleeping on the reproduction soldier’s bunks at the Old Barracks, in Trenton, New Jersey. Just what is a soldier’s bunk? Well, it’s where soldiers slept while quartered at [...]

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I just returned a little bit ago from the fifth annual “Remember the Ladies” event at the Old Barracks in Trenton, NJ. WOW. First ALHFAM, then this. Two simply fantastic programs in virtually the same week. What did I do to deserve this?! Whatever it was, I’m most grateful. “Remember the Ladies” was two days [...]

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Tomorrow (Friday), I’ll be heading out for the next Big Event on my calendar: the fifth annual “Remember the Ladies” Weekend, at the Old Barracks Museum down in Trenton, NJ. This will be the first time I’ve ever been to one of these. The focus will be on women and their day-to-day lives in the [...]

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I’ve returned from the ALHFAM conference, tired but happy. I had a fantastic time. HUZZAH to the host site, Old Salem Museum and Gardens for a job well done. Next up, “Remember the Ladies,” at the Old Barracks Museum in Trenton, NJ. I’d post more, but frankly, I need sleep!

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