The fire crackles and embers glow in the brick beehive oven adjacent to the hearth. The smell of rising cornmeal fills the tiny room. Pie crusts made of whole wheat and cornflour blended with lard are ...

Come join the Friends of Fleming Castle at the Samuel Fleming House Museum & Garden on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for The Importance of Spice: A Colonial Baking Demonstration & ...

As we look back over 250 years of American history, certainly nobody thinks about the history of bread, maybe hard cider, but certainly not Colonial bread. I hope most people realize the spongier type ...

Down a lush green path at the end of North Queen Street in Colonial Williamsburg, stacks of sandy-colored unbaked bricks tower about six-feet high inside unwalled sheds. It’s brick firing season in ...