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On the weekend of April 25th I headed to Lambertville, NJ for their Shadfest. There’s a few other shad related festivals, most notably the Shad-Planking in VA, but aside from that event sounding actually awful to be at, Lambertville promised me shad hauling demos. I thought I’d share some photos from that. Shadfest cookies, C’Est La…
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…
Maryland Rocks
Apparently this is an old one! This recipe is featured in The Thirteen Colonies Cookbook and At the hearth: Early American Recipes. Coincidentally they’re mentioned in there as “New Year’s Day Collation at Mount Clare”. (I made these to go with my New Years Day brunch) I didn’t really stray much from the recipe, aside…
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…
2nd Annual Eastern Shore Tomato Tasting
Jack’s Market, Hebron As I hopefully made clear last year, the results of the “Eastern Shore Tomato Tasting” are in no way definitive. Taste and quality can vary from year to year, day to day, and tomato to tomato. Why bother, then? For fun. This year I roped in some assistance from Kit Pollard, local…
