Mapping the recipes from “Maryland’s Way: The Hammond-Harwood House Cook Book”

The 725 recipes in “Maryland’s Way” were gathered from a variety of manuscripts and old cookbooks as well as from personal recipe collections of friends and colleagues of Mrs. Frances Kelly and Mrs. Hope Andrews (which is why they are concentrated in Anne Arundel County). Many of the recipes were adapted and adjusted by Alice Brown.

I’ve been able to determine the origin of most of the documents mentioned in Maryland’s Way – items kept in the Maryland Historical Society Library or Maryland State Archives. There are still a few that stump me – not to mention the identity of the various mononymously credited servants or relatives mentioned alongside the recipes.

This map attaches the book’s recipes to the manors and locations mentioned. When none is given, I defaulted to the main home of person who is listed alongside the recipe.

These maps are less an indication of any type of geographic culinary trends and more just a fun visualization of the culinary legacies of Maryland’s elite families at the turn of the 20th century.

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