In college, I spent a summer interning at a living history museum in Ohio, where I learned to cook over a fire and baked my first pie. Since then, I've been incorporating history into my life on a regular basis. I started this blog in 2011 to chronicle my adventures in the kitchen, where I cooked from 19th and 20th century recipes.
While I loved learning more about the past through the tastes and ingredients of these recipes, I quickly discovered that what brought me the most joy was finding a connection to the present. Perhaps this fried fish reminded me of my dad teaching me how to gut a fish, or maybe I made this mint julep recipe because my sister asked for it (no, demanded). Now I look for the blending of past and present in other everyday activities, too, and I write about them here.
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| In costume at the museum |
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