Skip to content

OLD LINE PLATE

  • About
  • Press
  • Archive
  • DatabaseExpand
    • Maryland Recipe Index
    • Cookbook List
  • Books
OLD LINE PLATE
  • Braised duck with orange slices, caramelized carrots, and herb rice on a blue plate, garnished with parsley
    places | recipes

    Braised Duckling Bigarrade, Fort Cumberland Hotel

    ByKara May 20, 2016January 13, 2019

    This is another recipe from the glamorous hotel era – this time from Cumberland, Maryland. At the time of the publication of “Eat, Drink & Be Merry in Maryland” in the 1930s, Cumberland was a booming town connecting the rest of Maryland to the west, particularly mineral-rich western Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Trains, the…

    Read More Braised Duckling Bigarrade, Fort Cumberland HotelContinue

  • red cabbage in clear bowl on white surface
    Uncategorized

    Hot Slaw , Governor Lloyd Lowndes family

    ByKara February 20, 2011September 7, 2025

    This sufficiently tasty but not outstandingly delicious recipe comes to us courtesy of the family of Governor Lloyd Lowndes, governor of Maryland from 1896 to 1900. Lowndes’ lineage can be traced back to an early Maryland merchant settler and beyond, but I can’t find much readily available about his governing. I’m sure that further research…

    Read More Hot Slaw , Governor Lloyd Lowndes familyContinue

All Text and Research by Kara Mae Harris
© 2026 OLD LINE PLATE
- WordPress Theme by Kadence WP
Old Line Plate is a registered trademark of Kara Mae Harris in the State of Maryland

  • About
  • Press
  • Archive
  • Database
    • Maryland Recipe Index
    • Cookbook List
  • Books