When I finally took a stab at baking the Shady Side specialty Hard Jelly Cake, I nervously wondered how my reputation would fare. Treading in the steps of experts is always a setup for embarrassment. If my beaten biscuit experience taught me anything, it’s that the flame-keepers of some of our state’s more forgotten foods…
H. Fryankln Hall is another black chef whose contribution to our dining culture should be recognized. This recipe is essentially a seafood pancake made with crab.
Hello friends. This is not a Maryland recipe. I made this pie and wrote this essay on instagram on March 17th, five days after canceling a talk at the Pratt Library and beginning ‘social distancing’. I am posting it here so that I don’t go through all of July with no post, leaving me feeling…
I made this pie weeks ago. Maybe months now? At the time, I was living in a lot of fear of exposing myself or others to the virus. Those fears are still there, but we’ve since adapted a little better. As weeks went by without grocery shopping, I felt a more personal perspective on some…