Researching Food History

Ducking for Apples

Ivan Day created a dessert table in two U.S. museums with his exquisite sugar creations and extensively researched food displays.

14 events in 2009

Most museums contain a library available to the public. It may be one room in a small local museum or a large collection of books and manusc...

Pumpkins can be made into many other recipes other than pie. Be sure that they are of the 'eating' variety not field or jack-o-lante...

At times, a Gentleman’s Dinner would be just that... only men such as a Social Club [as seen in painting The Dinner Party , Henry Sargent, c...

Rose Geranium leaves can be used to flavor jelly, cakes, sugar and other recipes. So too with other scented geraniums.... Nutmeg geranium ma...

There is a wealth of information in historical societies, from large old state collections, such as Maryland’s, started in 1844, to a one ro...

"I remember the towering rage displayed by Major Watt [in charge of garden] when Tad [Lincoln] ate up all the strawberries being forced...

Early cookbooks had lengthy and informative titles so the potential buyer could readily see what the book contained. My favorite part of S...

300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles is a must for any museum or cook. The almost 900 pages are filled with detailed information, period illus...

Google Books .  With thousands of cookbooks and many more related books, Google has become the largest collection of freely accessible e-tex...

Several recipes describe cooking on a string, as does my modern interpretation at the end.  If the cotton twine is wrapped around the body...

An interesting way to make a peach pot pie or cobbler is to roll out pie crust and line the sides of a stew pot or dutch oven.  Add the pe...

The superb still life paintings of Luis Melendez [1715-1780] depict tomatoes, melons, cauliflower, fish, bread, pomegranates, artichokes, fr...

As the largest library in the world with 530 miles of bookshelves , LC’s collection of books, manuscripts, prints… anything and everything, ...

The Landis Valley Cookbook: Pennsylvania German Foods and Traditions  is back in print! The first edition in 1999 was terrific, and this is ...

To begin this blog, here is my modern interpretation of one of my favorite receipts [recipe]. It is easy to make, and is always among the sa...