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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa. (CBS) - In Delaware County, Meisha Johnson sees what it took to make a meal in the 18th century at the Barns-Brinton House. "This is so reminiscent of those olden day houses-slash ...

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 ...