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Here We Come for Cider Wassail

Posted on December 22, 2018 by heritagerecipebox

Who remembers the English folk song that starts, “Here we come a-wassailing among the leaves so green”? That’s what I hummed when I saw the recipe for Cider Wassail in The Blue Ridge Cookbook.

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A Cider Cake Fit For a Governor

Posted on November 15, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

In 1850s America, anyone who wrote down recipes often measured in wine glasses and handfuls, if they measured at all. That’s true in a handwritten book kept by Sara Adelia Boutwell,

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Portrait of a Cider Cake

Posted on February 27, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

Anyone with an interest in 19th century art has studied American artist James McNeill Whistler’s iconic portrait of his mother, which now hangs in the Louvre. We’ve also heard Mr. Bean, the British comic character, call Mrs. Whistler in her … Continue reading →

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