Old Line Plate:
Exploring the foodways and cooking traditions of Maryland. Old Line Plate is NOT about romanticizing the past. I’m still learning about history and about cooking and this blog is essentially a documentation of that process. Corrections are welcome.
About Kara Mae Harris:
I grew up in PG County. In 2000, at 18, I moved to Baltimore, where I soon took up residence at the Pratt Library’s Maryland Department. I started Old Line Plate in 2011 but took a hiatus from the blog to build my Maryland Recipe Database. In 2015 I re-launched the Old Line Plate blog and… here I am! In 2022 I self-published my first book “Old Line Plate: Stories & Recipes from Maryland,” followed by “Festive Maryland Recipes: Holiday Traditions from the Old Line State” in 2023.
By day, I do IT and IT-adjacent work for a University Press. I currently live in the Remington neighborhood with my husband Chris; an Australian Kelpie named Jake (adopted from Hedgesville Hounds); and two somewhat feral cats, Dom and Mia.