A few weeks ago, my friend Abigail and I went to Plimoth Plantation, the living history village that recreates life in the Plymouth Settlement. It’s very cool, and lots of fun. In addition to the settlement from the Mayflower pilgrims (with both first person interpreters who portray actual people who lived in the village and modern interpreters as well) there is a Wampanoag settlement where members of the Wampanoag tribe (as well as other Native tribes … Continue reading RedHeadedGirl’s Historical Kitchen: Farced Eggs →
At the meeting of my medieval cooking nerd group this month, I made a Roman dish that Apicius (my buddy!) gives about five thousand variations on. It’s called a patina, and it’s… basically an frittata. With different stuff in it. In the original recipe, Apicius calls for nettles, but, surprisingly, my local grocery store did not HAVE nettles. Sally Grainger, a classicist (not a classist, that’s a different thing) and a cook who has done … Continue reading RedHeadedGirl’s Historical Kitchen: Spinach Patina →
Back in the mists of time, lo these many months ago, for the Movie Matinee, we watched The Desk Set with Katherine Hepburn and some guy who recognized he was only barely worthy of her awesomeness. But we’ve already talked about that. Featured in The Desk Set is a dessert called “Floating Island,” and the other Bitches challenged me to make it. As it so happens, I have a friend (Abigail, who has featured here before) … Continue reading RedHeadedGirl’s Historical Kitchen: Floating Island →
