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Maryland White Potato Pie
Edit: This is an archived post from 2010. The real White Potato Pie post is here. This is a Maryland dessert that -owing to my more frequent pie-baking- I have made several times before. I’ve come across it in a Southern Heritage cookbook, as well as an older more vague version in the Hammond-Harwood Maryland…
Aromatic Broiled Chicken
smoked paprika again. always Well this chicken turned out pretty great. I got the chicken that was already cut up so.. no fiasco. old line plate photographer Abby Logsdon makes raw chicken look less repulsive than in my photos sherry and spices I added some carrots and onions to make it a meal. ew I…
Baltimore’s Black Chefs and Caterers, part 1
“The French chef has been tried in the south, but, except in a few rare instances, they have failed to satisfy the peculiar demands of the southern epicure or even of the tourist who, coming south, expects dishes peculiarly southern… The demand for capable colored cooks is greater than the supply.” – The Afro-American, December…
Crab Flake Maryland, Charles Bitterli, Hotel Emerson
I had some illustrious company and wanted to serve a classy meal. Where better to take cues from than the illustrious Hotel Emerson. Hotel Emerson by Aubrey Bodine @ MD Historical Society The hotel was the brainchild of Capt. Isaac Emerson, the man behind Bromo-Seltzer and its parent company, the Emerson Drug Co…the 220-foot-high, 17-story…
Mrs. Engle’s Spiced Beets
I prepared these for New Years brunch. Totally a perfect wintery-celebration side dish. (Presented in my favorite green ceramic serving dish, photo c/o Abby.) Maryland’s Way: The Hammond-Harwood House Cook Book (Waste not want not) 1906 postcard c/o Southern Heritage cookbook
Sotterly Jumbles
photo: Jody Scofield “One of the pre-Revolutionary architectural treasures of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, is Sotterley, built in 1730. George Plater built the home, and upon his death passed it to his son, who later became the governor of Maryland. The grandson of the Governor eventually lost the estate at the gaming table to a…
