Category Archives: Hearth Cooking

Candied Angelica

Posted on November 5, 2011 by William Rubel

Like many recipes published prior to the stricter copyright laws of the twentieth century this recipe for candied angelica is found in many cookbooks. I include two version here, one from 1717 and one from 1788. They are identical but… Read more

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Hearth Cooking at Plimoth Plantation

Posted on October 7, 2011 by William Rubel

What you see here is a woman cooking in an iron pot over a fire. It is hard to see, but the iron pot is hanging over the fire from an iron hook. The woman in the photograph is… Read more

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