Tag Archives: cooking

New Hampshire Glossary: Gridiron

Posted on 26 November, 2018 by Janice Brown

This article has nothing to do with the sport of football. So if you arrived at this story looking for pigskin or a sport other than cooking, you can move along. The gridiron I am writing about has to do … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Women and World War I ‘Food Work’

Posted on 30 March, 2018 by Janice Brown

Food and meal preparation was a serious matter during World War I and it was mostly women upon whom the burden fell to create solutions. With a great deal of foodstuffs being send to Europe to feed the troops and … Continue reading →

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100 Years Ago: The Camouflage Cookery of World War I

Posted on 23 March, 2018 by Janice Brown

According to the Housewives Magazine of 1918, the word ‘camouflage’ means a deception, an illusion, something that is not what it seems to be. Prior to WWI the art of camouflage (to mask soldiers) was used, but to a lesser … Continue reading →

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"Roots of American Cookery" at Remick Museum – January 22, 2011

Posted on 16 January, 2011 by Janice Brown

Have you ever wondered what colonial women went through to make a meal for their family?

You can discover how!… Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Glossary: Saleratus & Other Baking Terms

Posted on 21 August, 2008 by Janice Brown

Old time cooking terms, not usually heard today, can be gleaned from old New Hampshire newspapers. 

A few of them … Continue reading →

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