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Baked Apple Pudding
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on March 21 2018
This Baked Apple Pudding comes from the 1794 cookbook “Domestic Economy” by Maximili...
Fried Oysters 18th century Style
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on March 20 2018
Oysters were a wildly popular food in the 18th and early 19th centuries. They were p...
Delicious Open Fire Shad at Mount Vernon
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on March 20 2018
This is the first in a series of episodes we shot with the amazing people at George ...
Scotch Collops And Yellow Peas
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on March 20 2018
Steve Thomas, from Thomas Family Winery, joins us today at Historic Locust Grove in ...
Delicious Catfish Stew
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on March 20 2018
We’re back at George Washington’s Mount Vernon! Once again, we’re joined by Deb Colb...
Parched Corn
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on March 20 2018
In today’s episode we demonstrate several methods for preparing parched corn, includ...
Papering Parched Corn
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on March 20 2018
In last weeks episode we demonstrate several methods for preparing parched corn. Tod...
Fried Catfish
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on March 20 2018
Today historic interpreter Brenda Parker from George Washington’s Mount Vernon gives...
Advice from a Camp Follower: Experiencing History Through Reenacting
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on September 08 2017
We are producing a series of videos in which we interview fellow reenactors fo...
Coppersmith, Peter Goebel
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on September 08 2017
Today’s video is a little different. We are proud to present this interview wi...
Living History IS For Families
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on September 08 2017
Chuck and Kimberly Hager share their personal story about how they became invo...
Anchovies And Eggs?
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 11 2017
Michael Dragoo brings us a very experimental recipe from Martha Washington’s “...
Anchovies And Eggs?
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 11 2017
Michael Dragoo brings us a very experimental recipe from Martha Washington’s “...
The Tale Of Two Cakes
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 11 2017
This is the first in a series of episodes we did with the great people at Hist...
Early American Whiskey
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 11 2017
Today Brian Cushing from Historic Locust Grove takes us on a tour of their new...
Early American Dairy
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 11 2017
Today Hannah Zimmerman from Historic Locust Grove sits down with Jon to discus...
Green Bean Tarts, Really?
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on March 16 2017
Today’s recipe comes from John Nott’s 1724 cookbook “The Cooks and Confectioners Dic...