This is another recipe from B.C. Howard’s “Fifty Years in a Maryland Kitchen.” Although separated by half a century, I think of her book as the Maryland version of Mary Randolph’s “The Virginia Housewife,” and refer to the latter as a useful cross-reference for some of the recipes (such as this one). Both books entail…
I guess people do eat crabcakes in Maryland, occasionally. I have some opinions about crabcakes but I think I should leave them out of this. I do make crabcakes on occasion, particularly for special occasions, and often in miniature form so there is enough to go around. A pound of decent crabmeat will set you…
Shad Roe season is over but I somehow forgot to post this one. As though you’re cooking along at home. Well if you are, you can make croquettes from basically anything, as my cookbooks frequently demonstrate. I had some leftover shad roe so I made these. The recipe comes to EDBM care of “John Ridgely”…
This recipe was contributed to “Maryland’s Way”, the Hammond-Harwood House cookbook by Mrs. J Reany Kelly, known as Elizabeth Frances King until she married Mr. Kelly in 1921. Reany Kelly was a historian of Anne Arundel county and beyond, archiving photos of many Maryland historic homes for a collection now belonging Maryland Historical Society. Surprisingly,…
It’s the time of year for Maryland cooks and gardeners to feel excitement for all of the seasonal thrills to come. The curtains part with asparagus and it all builds up to a kingly feast of tomatoes and more tomatoes and some watermelon and then it’s back to the sedate old winter crops and canned…