My first inklings of Maryland’s varied Easter traditions came from the Southern Heritage Cookbook Library. A menu for a “Southern Maryland Easter Dinner” featured Southern Maryland Stuffed Ham, Creamed Red Potatoes, Baked Tomato Halves, Frilly Deviled Eggs, Biscuits Supreme and Cardinal Pudding. It features this apocryphal account of Stuffed Ham: Of course as with many…
I could dedicate this entire blog to cooking from this book and researching the people in it. At times I may be appear to be doing so. ‘Frederick Philip Stieff, son of the piano-making Baltimore family, was a celebrated amateur chef and a sort of menu historian. He made a personal crusade of collecting—mainly using…
I need a scanner Recipe from the historic Olney Inn via Maryland’s Way (yet again). Here’s a really great link about the Olney Inn with recipes, including the apparently more famous “Olney Inn Sweet Potato Souflee”. Came across that one all over the web. I’ll have to try it sometime. “It was a wonderful place…