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  • Workers hold shad fish in perforated baskets during Shadfest cooking demonstration in Lambertville
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    Shadfest in Lambertville

    ByKara May 8, 2015April 8, 2026

    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…

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  • Hands cleaning fresh shad fish roe during preparation on white paper
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    Shad season continues on Old Line Plate

    ByKara April 2, 2015April 5, 2026

    If the obsession baffles you then maybe I haven’t emphasized the importance of Shad but it is in fact our “founding fish.” I also want to give a shout out to Paul Greenberg whose article on getting over it and using whole fish for economy and environment was handed to me by my mother early…

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  • Southern Maryland Easter Dinner menu featuring stuffed ham, creamed red potatoes, baked tomato halves, frilly deviled eggs, biscuits supreme, and cardinal pudding
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    Easter in Maryland

    ByKara March 19, 2015April 5, 2026

    My first inklings of Maryland’s varied Easter traditions came from the Southern Heritage Cookbook Library. A menu for a “Southern Maryland Easter Dinner” featured Southern Maryland Stuffed Ham, Creamed Red Potatoes, Baked Tomato Halves, Frilly Deviled Eggs, Biscuits Supreme and Cardinal Pudding. It features this apocryphal account of Stuffed Ham: Of course as with many…

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  • Vintage cookbook page showing medicine for canary birds and caramel kisses recipe instructions
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    ByKara January 21, 2015January 17, 2021

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  • sweet potato pone decorative white ceramic pot on stovetop
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    Olney Inn Sweet Potatoes

    ByKara May 8, 2011March 6, 2026

    I need a scanner Recipe from the historic Olney Inn via Maryland’s Way (yet again). Here’s a really great link about the Olney Inn with recipes, including the apparently more famous “Olney Inn Sweet Potato Souflee”. Came across that one all over the web. I’ll have to try it sometime. “It was a wonderful place…

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