The Historic Odessa Foundation hosted a colonial hearth-cooked dinner in the Collins-Sharp House, which dates back to the ...

With help from the audience, Maureen J. Bjorkland brought to life the Colonial era on Sunday through a lecture on hearth ...

The Noah Webster House and West Hartford Historical Society hosted camps for students who were on a short break from school in February. One camp focused on Colonial style cooking, using the nonprofit ...

The fire crackles and embers glow in the brick beehive oven adjacent to the hearth. The smell of rising cornmeal fills the tiny room. Pie crusts made of whole wheat and cornflour blended with lard are ...

Pity the young women living in this new nation around the time of the Revolution. Their first chore, even if they were from families of wealth or prestige, was to find a husband. Do you think the ...

MADISON - The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts held its annual Colonial Cooking Contest of Saturday, Jan. 28. The rules of the contest were simple -- research a historic recipe, cook it and enter it.

Families gathering around food in the kitchen during the Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year’s holiday period is a cherished tradition. Recently, while preparing for a Historical Society of ...