• Chow Chow, Mrs. Anna Humes

    ByKara

    I think a lot about the impact of digital documents on interpretation of history. Which items are and are not easily available to online inevitably steer the course of my research and my writing. For example: at some point someone in the New York Public Library decided to scan “Tested Maryland Recipes.” The public domain…

  • Sources: Community Cookbooks

    ByKara

    Community cookbooks are a mixed blessing for me. On one hand they’re such a fantastic window into the kitchens of the more middle-class citizens as opposed to the fabulous lifestyles of “Eat, Drink & Be Merry in Maryland” or “Fifty Years in a Maryland Kitchen.” Flipping through the pages you can see changing trends, adventurous…