That’s the best word to describe today’s activities here at the annual ALHFAM conference in Winston-Salem, North Carolina: simply, WOW. Today was spent visiting our host site, Old Salem Museum and Gardens. We were free to roam the entire historic district. In addition, a wide variety of special tours were offered throughout the day. I [...]
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Wow
Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Ready, set, go!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s official! The 2009 ALHFAM annual conference has begun. It started early this morning with an excellent talk given by our Keynote Speaker, Robert Morgan. Yes, that’s THE Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek: The Story Of A Marriage, the NY Times Bestseller and Oprah Book Club selection. Today, he discussed the subject of his [...]
one pot or two?
Posted in Uncategorized on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Or how about six or seven? Truth be told, I lost count by the time we hit the fifth location! You see, I’m here at the annual national conference of ALHFAM, and today I partook of an all-day whirlwind tour of eight of the Seagrove potteries (there are about 100) in central North Carolina. Our [...]
holy cow!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I mentioned ALHFAM in a previous post, and the fact that I’ve been to numerous Regional conferences of the organization. I also offered another syllabub receipt. Well, here’s where those two items intersect: two years ago I attended the Mid-Atlantic Regional ALHFAM shindig at Pennsbury Manor, just across the river from Trenton, NJ. During that [...]
North Carolina, here I come!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow (that’d be Friday, June 5), I’ll be winging my way south to Winston-Salem (hey, aren’t those both cigarettes?!), North Carolina. I’ll be attending the annual National Conference of ALHFAM, otherwise known as The Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums. Its membership is comprised of all sorts of employees and supporters of historic [...]
Silly Bubbles, in the wine…
Posted in culinary history, historic cookbooks, historic cooking, historic cooking/classes/events, historic receipts (recipes), historic site, tagged Don Ho, historic desserts, historic foods, manuscript cookbook, syllabubs on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, so those aren’t exactly the words, but, hey! they work. I’m thinking, obviously, of the late Hawaiian singer Don Ho’s signature tune, “Tiny Bubbles.” “Tiny bubbles in the wine Make me happy, Make me feel fine.” Yep, you guessed it, another receipt for a Sillabub/Sylabub/Sillibub. This one is from Pleasures of Colonial Cooking the [...]
More Silly Bubbles
Posted in historic cooking, historic receipts (recipes), tagged historic dessert, sillibub, syllabub on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My fellow food blogger, Ana, wonders why syllabubs aren’t made any more? Well, I don’t really have a very good answer for her, of course, but in the interest of promoting this unique 18th Century beverage, and encouraging one and all to try it, I share a receipt: ******************** To make a really fine Sillibub. [...]
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