Old Maryland cookbooks such as “Eat, Drink & Be Merry in Maryland” tend to have a good amount of space dedicated to alcoholic beverages, whether their purpose is social, medicinal, or for further use in the kitchen. Edwin Tunis Illustration, “Eat, Drink & Be Merry in Maryland” For typical servants and housewives, brewing and alcoholic…
This is another recipe from B.C. Howard’s “Fifty Years in a Maryland Kitchen.” Although separated by half a century, I think of her book as the Maryland version of Mary Randolph’s “The Virginia Housewife,” and refer to the latter as a useful cross-reference for some of the recipes (such as this one). Both books entail…
I guess people do eat crabcakes in Maryland, occasionally. I have some opinions about crabcakes but I think I should leave them out of this. I do make crabcakes on occasion, particularly for special occasions, and often in miniature form so there is enough to go around. A pound of decent crabmeat will set you…
Shad Roe season is over but I somehow forgot to post this one. As though you’re cooking along at home. Well if you are, you can make croquettes from basically anything, as my cookbooks frequently demonstrate. I had some leftover shad roe so I made these. The recipe comes to EDBM care of “John Ridgely”…
This recipe was contributed to “Maryland’s Way”, the Hammond-Harwood House cookbook by Mrs. J Reany Kelly, known as Elizabeth Frances King until she married Mr. Kelly in 1921. Reany Kelly was a historian of Anne Arundel county and beyond, archiving photos of many Maryland historic homes for a collection now belonging Maryland Historical Society. Surprisingly,…