June 2012
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May 2012
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Edith
Edith loves lemon sherbet, so Mrs. Smith sent her a recipe.
Recorded by Liz Donovan.
“You know, I just learned an interesting thing about elderberry blossoms.
It’s a newly discovered wild item and people are messing up bushes, stripping them of the blossoms to make syrup and wine, and then there are no berries for the poor birdies.” — JJ, after a foraging walk with Russ Cohen
It’s a newly discovered wild item and people are messing up bushes, stripping them of the blossoms to make syrup and wine, and then there are no berries for the poor birdies.” — JJ, after a foraging walk with Russ Cohen
cooking from heirlooms.
- Us: Friends, a Mother's Day mystery for you all. Popcorn cookie: sugar, butter, hot water, soda, and vinegar. We are baffled!
- Mark: Perhaps it's a modification for the recipe to the left ("Cookie")?
- Us: Could be! A lot of the recipes in the cookbook seem to talk to each other.
DearShish2
Edith Rice’s letter to her sister, with a recipe for Elderflower Wine, recorded by Liz Donovan.
DearSisterSara
Sister Emma comes alive, in this recording by Liz Donovan for the Culinary Heirloom Project.
Elizabeth Donovan studied Oral History in the deep south and learned to tell stories in northern New England. She currently lives and works in Boston, MA. Her work has been featured at the Smithsonian Folkways Festival and on NPR.
rhubarb jelly cooling! →
instagr.am
This will be the filling for our sure-to-be-gorgeous ribbon cake.
What’s ribbon cake you ask?
Stay tuned….
