Bernice Watson’s Coconut Cake
In the Pratt Library’s African-American Department, within a special collection, “African American Funeral Programs,” are the funeral programs for both Bernice and Edward Watson.
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Cocoanut Cake from The Chas. A. Vogeler Co’s Cookery Book
Like many local history enthusiasts, I follow the social media of Evan Woodward, a.k.a. SalvageArc, who digs into forgotten privies in Baltimore and beyond, unearthing the pottery shards, bones, bottles, and other non-biodegradable relics that people once threw into their privies. (The you-know-what and any other gross organic matter have all turned into dirt at…
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The Southern Heritage Cookbook Library + “Sweet Potato Pound Cake”
The books that got me curious about Maryland food were not Maryland cookbooks, strictly speaking. This cookbook set had been a constant in my household growing up, and I never thought of them as regional at all, despite the “Southern” in the name. On my mother’s kitchen bookshelf they served as a source of inspiration and…
