MADISON — The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts has cooked up a competition sure to interest the casual chef as well as the history buff. The museum invites contemporary cooks to make a meal the way ...

Step into the kitchen at the Godiah Spray Tobacco Plantation at Historic St. Mary's City, and the year instantly becomes 1661. As Mistress Rebecca Spray, Godiah Spray's wife, prepared the midday meal ...

FORTY FORT – Imagine following a recipe calling for a portion of butter the size of an egg or a small handful of flour. These were ounce commonplace cooking directions, said Mary Babcock. Babcock, a ...

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) — Have you ever thought about how people made bread in the times before the American Revolution? Volunteers at Pricketts Fort put on a demonstration on Tuesday, showing off just ...

The fire crackles and embers glow in the brick beehive oven adjacent to the hearth. The smell of rising cornmeal fills the tiny room. Pie crusts made of whole wheat and cornflour blended with lard are ...

Today’s kitchens are filled with fantastic machines that make food preparation a snap, but how did people cook their meals during the colonial era? Well, that question will be discussed during the ...

Families gathering around food in the kitchen during the Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year’s holiday period is a cherished tradition. Recently, while preparing for a Historical Society of ...