Shepherd’s Pie, Sally Ann Mickel
A few weeks later I found myself in her house, flipping through a recipe scrapbook that had belonged to her mother-in-law.
A few weeks later I found myself in her house, flipping through a recipe scrapbook that had belonged to her mother-in-law.
The papers of caterer William Johnson, in the collections at the Maryland Center for History and Culture, offer a rare look at the finer details of the business of catering in the early 1900s. The documents aren’t extensive, but they include the purchase price of supplies like dishes and bottled water, the cost per person…