Crab Meltaways, Juliana “Jukie” Todd
Open just about any Maryland community cookbook from the 1980s, and you’re likely to find a recipe for Crab Meltaways.
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Spring Salad & Taco Salad, Employees at Fort Detrick
Like most things in Frederick County, Fort Detrick was built on farmland. The military installation started as a small, privately owned airport established in 1929 and later named after World War I squadron flight surgeon Major Frederick L. Detrick. The site was used as an airfield up until the United States entered World War II….
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Augustine’s Croquettes, Miss A. C. Claytor
These recipes provide a hidden reminder that Philadelphia, like Baltimore, was a city where Black caterers had a stronghold over the culinary industry
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Banana Split Cake, Hancock Elementary
My Great Grandmother was born in Hancock in 1915. I guess that’s what drew me to pick up the 1970s or 80s era “Hancock Elementary School Cookbook.” Hancock is a small town with one main road (Main Street), but it’s an important way stop in Western Maryland and has been for centuries. In the 1730s,…
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Sour Beef from a Baltimore Food Memoir
“A calico-covered journal filled with handwritten recipes” left by her paternal grandmother inspired a high-schooler to write an entire book. The year was 2010. I was starting and lazily giving up on Old Line Plate. Meanwhile, Grace Kenneth Collins was finishing a chapter every month on a book filled with stories and recipes. Presumably, the…
