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 ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! This week I want to discuss planting a historical or Colonial Kitchen garden. The Wood County Master Gardeners planted a kitchen garden at Henderson Hall, ...

People committed to making Montpelier Mansion truer to its Colonial roots -- in essence, more "real" -- have done so by introducing a surreal Colonial kitchen that boasts, among other things, faux ...

You don’t need a time machine to experience Colonial-era cooking in Lancaster County. From April to October each year at Rock Ford Plantation in Lancaster, a group of culinary volunteers gathers to ...

With each turn of Lola Chen’s hand, she shows fourth-grader Ava Rose Herbstreith how the colonists got it done when it came to cooking. “Don’t smash it, grind it,” she says, passing a mortar and ...

Colonial kitchen gardens were not only a source for sustenance, but for home remedies. Horticulturist Gordon H. Kenneson conducted a recent talk on Colonial Kitchen Gardens, at the Windsor Historical ...

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 ...

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 ...