Tag Archives: Richmond

A Mighty Mint Cordial

Posted on August 7, 2016 by heritagerecipebox

By this time of the summer, mint threatens to overrun my garden. The sprigs that I welcomed when they poked up through the icy soil now crowd my rosemary and parsley. What better way to thin them than to pick … Continue reading →

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Hurry Up Curry: Convenience from the 1930s

Posted on May 15, 2016 by heritagerecipebox

In this age of microwave dinners and mail order meal kits, we all seem intent on erasing every extra second from food preparation. My Richmond grandmother, Hanna, was attracted to the same idea in the 1930s.

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Peach Cake Rushes the Season

Posted on May 4, 2016 by heritagerecipebox

A week of gloomy weather in Boston means it’s time for a sunny recipe. This peach-almond kuchen does double duty for Mother’s Day

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For Washington’s Birthday: Easy Cherry Sherbet from the 1930s

Posted on February 21, 2016 by heritagerecipebox

The 1930s – the era that brought us the Great Depression as well as an end to Prohibition – also brought us some of our most enduring kitchen convenience products, such as Miracle Whip and Bisquick. This was also the … Continue reading →

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Christmas Welcoming Bread

Posted on December 23, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

Take ordinary baking powder biscuits, top them with a sugary fruit and nut mix, and suddenly they transform into Christmas bread. That’s what the Michie Tavern in Charlottesville, Virginia served in the 1700’s,

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6-4-2-1 Equals a Family Cocktail

Posted on December 20, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

The recipe paper-clipped inside one of my grandmother’s cooking pamphlets sounds like a scientific formula: 6 orange juice, 4 ging, 2 vermouth, 1 lemon.

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Sunshine in a Jar

Posted on September 12, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

Berries go into preserves, tomatoes into sauce, right? That’s what I always thought until I found my grandmother Hanna’s recipe for Yellow Tomato Preserves.

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Freshly Picked and Marinated

Posted on August 26, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

Marinated vegetables usually remind me of mushrooms dripping with oil, plus already-soggy white bread on the side. Yet a 1980s recipe from the Richmond Times-Dispatch tempted me because in the past month, I’ve eaten enough crudités to feel like Peter … Continue reading →

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Candied Virginia Tomatoes From a Surprising Source

Posted on August 9, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

Inside a booklet that promised nothing more than Great Ideas for Barbecues & Summer Meals (Family Circle, 1983), I ended up finding a recipe for Thomas Jefferson’s Candied Tomatoes sent in by someone I knew quite well — the mother of my … Continue reading →

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A ‘Cheap and Quick’ (and Comforting) Pudding from 1862

Posted on February 12, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

In any era, wartime cooking brings out the spirit of making do with whatever can be scrounged up when most supplies go to the war effort. The Confederate Receipt Book, published in Richmond in 1862 as the Civil War entered … Continue reading →

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