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    Olney Inn Sweet Potatoes

    Legend has it that Clara May Downey discovered the site of the Olney Inn when she got a flat tire near the 1875 Montgomery County farmhouse. It was the mid-1920s and Downey was considering following many women into the business of operating a tearoom. Instead of a dainty tearoom catered towards women, Downey’s restaurant (it…

  • Olney Inn Sweet Potatoes

    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…