It’s almost hard to believe that the Sun published “My Favorite Recipe” in the same decade as Virginia Roeder’s “Fun with Sea Food.” As much as I respect Roeder and her recipes, Helen Henry’s 1960s “My Favorite Recipe” column in the Sunday Sun was a welcome departure from Maryland’s long-unchanging recipe oeuvre. Educator and librarian…
There aren’t many recipes specifically for blackberry pie. Usually, older recipes for “berry pie” will specify that blackberries, blueberries, or raspberries can be used. Blackberry pie has been a longtime favorite of mine. I grew up making them with my grandmother so I wanted to make one for her birthday in September. I have also…
“The Baltimore Sun is trying to coax the Governor of Maryland to appoint a yankee festival…Why don’t our Governor move in the important matter of appointing a day for thanksgiving? Pumpkin pies are coming from all quarters, and no day set apart yet.” – The Baltimore Sun, 11/15/1837 The Baltimore Sun was in its infancy…
I made this recipe to go with the Kathy Wielech Patterson interview but then I got too rambly and it seemed like too much for one post. So here it is. This is one of several recipes in “Maryland’s Chesapeake” that were contributed by local chefs. This one comes care of Adam Snyder of Brewhouse No….
This recipe appeared in “Maryland’s Way,” care of Mrs. Carroll Rede Harding’s “Glebe Kitchen.” Researching The Glebe I learned that a glebe is actually like a church’s home and lands where the priest lives. I always thought it was a person’s name because there’s so many “Glebe” this-or-thats around. Although Mr. Carroll Rede Harding was…