Cooking at Pennsbury Manor

Friday, February 26 and Sunday, February 28, 2010
Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Along with Past Masters in Early American Domestic Arts members Karen Dougherty, Mercy Ingraham and Ruth Konrad, and coordinated with Deborah Peterson's Pantry's symposium "Meats...for the Use of the Table", Clarissa and workshop participants will cook a menu of meat-related dishes in the reconstructed Pennsbury Manor kitchens. Of special interest is Charles Carter's "...Chickens in Bladders."

Registration for these workshops and for the symposium can be made through Deborah Peterson's Pantry or Past Masters websites.

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"What We Can Learn from Account Books"

Thursday, March 18, 2010
10:30 a.m. - Noon
at Ephrata Cloister
Ephrata, Pennsylvania

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Cooking Workshop - A Late Winter/Early Spring Meal

Saturday, March 20, 2010
Time and site to be announced
For information and registration, call Clarissa at 610-642-4269

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"Dr. Mom, Colonial Style"

Saturday, April 10, 2010
Opening Day at The Mill at Anselma
Chester Springs, Pennsylvania

Housewives and mothers in the 18th century were responsible for the well-being of their families. Within the domestic sphere, they functioned as physicians, apoltehcaries, and nurses--at times with surprising success. Examples of the "tools," ingredients, and medicinal preparations will illustrate this presentation.

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Presentation on English Food - at a French Restaurant

Sunday, April 11, 2010
Spring Mill Cafe and Gallery
164 Barren Hill Road
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania

This evening presentation will be followed by a meal. Contact the restaurant for reservations:
610-828-2550

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Cooking Workshop - Starting a Fresh Cheese

Saturday, April 17, 2010
Time and site to be announced
For information and registration, call Clarissa at 610-642-4269

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Cheese Making

Saturday, May 1, 2010
"May Fair" at Pottsgrove Manor
Pottstown, Pennsylvania

I'm planning to work on my most challenging receipt. It begins, "Take the morning milk of twelve cows..."

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Cooking Workshop - A Mid-Spring Meal

Saturday, May 8, 2010
9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Time and site to be announced
For information and registration, call Clarissa at 610-642-4269

Included: We will eat the fresh cheese begun in April.

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Presentation on English Food - at a French Restaurant

Sunday, May 16, 2010
Spring Mill Cafe and Gallery
164 Barren Hill Road
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania

This evening presentation will be followed by a meal. Contact the restaurant for reservations:
610-828-2550

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"The Fruits of their Labors: Children in the 18th Century"

Sunday, June 13, 2010
Day Two of "Remember the Ladies"
at The Old Barracks Museum
Trenton, New Jersey

This presentation will explore the lives of children during the colonial period. Some of the aspects have familiar counterparts today. Other practices have been discontinued. As usual, there will be a number of "Show and Tell" objects and plenty of time for questions and comments from participants.

Registration materials and information will be available at the Old Barracks website. A link will be provided here as soon as it is made available.

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Other Activities

More information will be provided when it is available.

There are plans for a food symposium in September at Wyck in Germantown, Pennsylvania. William Woys Weaver will be speaking, as will Clarissa.

A dairying workshop on milk, cream, butter, and cheese is being organized for September. This workshop is to be part of the ALHFAM Farm School program; proposed site is the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia.

Clarissa will be "playing in the dirt" at the 1696 Thomas Massey House in Broomall, Pennsylvania. A consortium of historic gardeners at various historic sites has been formed. Clarissa is involved as a "gardener for use" and has processed things like pickled radish pods, fricassee of skirrets, and turnip wine with plants from this garden.