Cookbook

October 4, 2021

Traditional Recipes of Atlantic Canada

I don’t think this is done anymore, but back in the 80s gas stations would give out/sell for nominal prices cookware and other things with a fill up. My parents patronized the Ultramar in our town, and not only got a set of pyrex baking …

Cookbook, Maritimes, Nova Scotia

by Agnes

October 28, 2020

Wartime Recipes from the Maritimes: 1939-1945

This was the first historic cookbook that we purchased, and the source of the name for this blog. While we made that namesake recipe several years ago, we had not made further dishes from this book. Until now … Here are a list of the …

Cookbook, Maritimes, Wartime recipes

by Agnes

October 19, 2020

Cook Away

I was recently given this unusual book, with the tag line “The Outing Cookbook” by Elizabeth Case and Martha Wyman, published in 1937. It seems to be basically camp cooking for rich people. Recall that this was published during the Great Depression, a period of …

1930's, Cookbook

by Agnes

July 12, 2020

From the Hearth

A lot of our recent culinary adventures are starting with this book: From the Hearth: Recipes from the World of 18th Century Louisbourg by Hope Dunton We picked this up at the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, probably the most impressive historical recreation in …

Cookbook, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia

by Agnes