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    The Southern Heritage Cookbook Library + “Sweet Potato Pound Cake”

    ByKara April 19, 2017March 18, 2026

    The books that got me curious about Maryland food were not Maryland cookbooks, strictly speaking. This cookbook set had been a constant in my household growing up, and I never thought of them as regional at all, despite the “Southern” in the name. On my mother’s kitchen bookshelf they served as a source of inspiration and…

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    Maryland Beaten Biscuits

    ByKara October 22, 2015April 5, 2026

    Note: yes these look ugly. The recipe is almost 200 years old and had no measurements. Of course your biscuits are better; that wasn’t really the point here. In December of 1953, Governor Theodore McKeldin and his wife Honolulu “Lulu” Manzer McKeldin celebrated the holiday season by serving guests a “typical Maryland dinner.” The menu…

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