Our beautiful Hoosier Hutch!
One of the first things we bought together in 1974; I’ve used it ever since and here it is installed in the new house. Some day it will be refinished but for now it’s still wonderfully utilitarian with it’s flour…
A Week of Heritage Harvest
I had a great time in the Monticello kitchen this week. First discussing 19th century foodways with P. Allen Smith for his TV show and then watching food stylist Annette Joseph arrange the bounty of the garden on the kitchen…
I’ve updated the canning class schedule for this season
After a bit of confusion (mostly on my part!) I’ve updated the class schedule and I hope it makes things clearer to prospective students. I haven’t become savvy enough to have folks register here on the site so email me…
Observations on Curing Cast Iron Pans
I have a big selection of cast iron pans – one of which I received from my stepfather in 1957 and have been cooking in ever since. Its inner surface is so slick the cornbread lifts out easily and even…
Fun story about our family – CNN.com
Follow the link to read a fun story about our family. http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/18/multiracial.census/index.html?iref=allsearch
Illness, Archaeology, and the Garden: an update
Query: Is it an homage to the 18th century humeral notions of medicine (puke, purge, and scare the hell out of the illness) that liquid medicines are still being formulated to taste like rotten fruit mixed with pigeon shit and…