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Selected Recipes from Colonial Williamsburg

Apple Tansey*
–from The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion by E. Smith, published in London, 1754. *Priscilla Carter's favorite dessert in Colonial Williamsburg's 1998 electronic field trip "A Day in the Life"

Carolina Fish Muddle
–from Christiana Campbell's Tavern

Gazpacho
–from Shields Tavern

Gingerbread and Holiday Wassail
–from Raleigh Tavern Bake Shop

Peanut Soup
–from King's Arms Tavern

Pennsylvania Dutch Apple Dumplings
–from Christiana Campbell's Tavern

Sheperd's Pie
–from Chowning's Tavern

Veal Chop with Celery, Mushrooms,Thyme, and Port Wine
–from King's Arms Tavern

Welsh Rabbit
–from Chowning's Tavern

Discover the ways that Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Foodways Program ensured authenticity in its newest reconstructed tavern:

"Sampling 18th-Century Fare at Shields Tavern"
–from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal

Historic Foodways

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Zooarchaeology

Zooarchaeologist Joanne Bowen decodes 400-year-old leftovers. June 8, 2009

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Mr. Wythe's Cook

Valarie Holmes interprets Lydia Broadnax - a cook for one of Williamsburg's most influential men. June 19, 2006

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Gingerbread Houses

The town is rendered in gingerbread once a year at Colonial Williamsburg. Executive Pastry Chef Joe Sciegaj oversees the construction. December 22, 2008

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Bees in the Colonies

The humble honeybee sweetens the American story. Apiarist Bill Krebs says bees have been here since the beginning. October 5, 2009

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Colonial Chocolate

Journeyman cook Jim Gay explains that Americans' love of chocolate dates back to the beginning. February 9, 2009

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Tobacco in the Colonies

Investment in the field yields profits in the marketplace for diligent tobacco farmers. Rural tradesman Wayne Randolph describes the hungry crop's allure. October 6, 2008

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