Update: Go to this post for a better recipe or Pawpaw Pretzel Pie I made this pie twice this year. Once with very ripe fruit and once with the ripebut firm and white flesh seen above. I strongly recommend the latter. If you are lucky enough to find some farmed paw-paws then this pie will…
On a recent hike I noticed that the bushes around me were teeming with the fuzzy red buds of soon-to-be wineberries. I came back and gathered as much as I had the patience for in humid Maryland July weather. I love to blather on about my childhood days spent gathering, preserving and baking blackberries but…
“Eat, Drink and Be Merry in Maryland” again. This bread pudding comes care of Mrs. William D. Poultney. According to the Maryland Historical Society: “The Poultney family were descendants of Ellen North, said to be the first Anglo-American child born in the area that is now Baltimore. Thomas Poultney, Sr. (1826-1887) was a writer under…
photo: Jody Scofield “One of the pre-Revolutionary architectural treasures of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, is Sotterley, built in 1730. George Plater built the home, and upon his death passed it to his son, who later became the governor of Maryland. The grandson of the Governor eventually lost the estate at the gaming table to a…