In the summer of 1963, Grace Peterman Cowger and her three siblings organized an anniversary party for her parents. Clifford and Marian Peterman had wed on July 30th, 1913 in Princess Anne on the Eastern Shore where, like themselves, generations of Grace’s family had lived and farmed. The Salisbury Daily Times ran a photo of…
Marjorie Hurwitz loved baseball. She had season tickets to San Francisco Giants games when they played at Candlestick Park. Marjorie herself played tennis and bowled. She loved playing Bridge and hiking. I know these things from her 2023 obituary. What I do not know about Marjorie is what brought Marjorie and her husband Elihu to…
I recently had the privilege of giving a talk at the Homewood Museum on Johns Hopkins University’s campus. I focused on Baltimore’s culinary history, but or course there was plenty about Maryland in general. After the talk, someone asked a question about the influence of immigrants on Maryland cuisine. “Honestly,” I said, “if I had…
Drusilla “Dru” Gladden was maybe not the most prominent Eastern Shore woman I’ve researched, but hers is the type of story and recipe I like to uplift in my work – everyday people – and in this case, a prized local ingredient. Dru Gladden liked gospel music and lighthouses, according to her 2023 obituary. At…
Beef a la Mode dates to the 1600s, but persisted long enough to make an appearance in volume one of Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”