I’ve had the Just Among Us Cookbook compiled by the women of the First Presbyterian Church in Watsontown, PA for a long time now. It’s a large cookbook that includes
Tag: Recipes
Mrs. Cornelius’ New York Ginger Snaps (1849)
I bought Mrs. Cornelius’ book, The Young Housekeepers’ Friend, last summer while in the White Mountains. I was out and about one afternoon without the kiddo and happened into an
Rarebit — Roxbury, MA, 1913
Recently, I had the pleasure of teaching a small cooking class at the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library. In preparation for the class, I tracked down a Roxbury-born
Dr. Dean’s Highball Whiskey — Greenwood, Mississippi, 1933
It’s evening on July 27th, 1933, in Greenwood, Mississippi. Allegedly, Dr. Sara Ruth Dean calls Dr. John Preston Kennedy and says he owes her “a going away party.” Despite the
Mrs. Placey’s Dumbfunnies (Whitefield, NH–1954)
Dumbfunnies. Never heard of them. Can’t find a single reference to them as a food outside of this old cookbook out of the New Hampshire boondocks, 1954. Yet tucked inside
The Soulspun Kitchen
Perhaps it’s a funny thing to pull a death certificate and bake a pie, but I’ve always been a bit funny and this is my passion project. Here you’ll find