Traditional fall foods, including ham, turkey, collards, corn pudding, cornbread and homemade desserts, will highlight this year’s Colonial Dinner. It’s scheduled for Nov. 23 at Tabernacle United ...

For mothers in Colonial America, getting a meal on the table was hard work. They didn’t even have a stove to cook a pot of stew on when it came time to quell their families’ hunger pangs. But it was a ...

Modern equipment may help chop vegetables in an instant or cook a potato in four minutes, but apple pie is best done the old-fashioned way-very old-fashioned. In western Massachusetts, where antiquing ...

FORTY FORT – Imagine following a recipe calling for a portion of butter the size of an egg or a small handful of flour. These were ounce commonplace cooking directions, said Mary Babcock. Babcock, a ...

Lin Schreiner’s long woolen petticoats are dotted with burn holes from sparks. Her clothing smells like smoke. The strands of hair that peek out from under her white cap are damp from her night’s work ...

Happy Fourth of July. Are you ready to put the steak, hamburger and/or hot dogs on the grill? What type of seasonings do you use for the meat — your own special mix, or one of the ones already blended ...