Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Christmas traditions in America and England

During the lockdown I have been busy finding talks, demos and cook-alongs for my calendar of food history virtual talks, which left little time for this blog. So here are the talks which were taped (many were not). The first is from the nearby Laurel Historical Society.


Updated list TAPE HERE

Early Victorian Christmas Traditions. Food, feasting, trees, cards, toys, Santa. Laurel Historical Society MD Dec 10 TAPE HERE

The Spirit of Christmas Past: Four Centuries of Christmas in New England. Ken Turino. Gunn Historical Museum Dec 8 TAPE HERE

Moravian Christmas Traditions. Christmas Eve love feasts, candle tea… Johanna Metzgar Brown of Old Salem. North Carolina Museum of History. Dec 16 TAPE HERE

Christmas at Barns-Brinton House Chadds Ford. Chester County Historic Preservation Network PA Dec 17 TAPE HERE

Pennsylvania German Christmas and other unique traditions. Timothy Essig. Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum Dec 15 HERE TAPE may eventually be HERE

Christmastide: colonial cooking demo. Cheyney McKnight, Dontavius Williams, and Nicole Moore. Chocolate, oyster stew, and greens with root vegitables. Stratford Hall, VA Dec 12 TAPE HERE

Mrs. Beeton’s Christmas. Talk starts at 24 min. History from Medieval through Victorian England. Beeton's Book of Household Management, 1861. Dr Annie Gray. Ironbridge Gorge Museum. 2017 UK TAPE HERE

Magic & Sparkle: M&S at Christmas. Marks & Spencer store archives UK Dec TAPES HERE

Classic Scandinavian holiday treats. Learn history and make Swedish kanelbullar and Norwegian knots (cinnamon buns), Sweden’s St. Lucia buns (saffron, for St. Lucia Day, Dec 13 ) and Danish kringle (layers of pastry with fruit). Terry Kelzer. Farm Table Foundation Dec 10 TAPE HERE

Scoff: Why We Eat What We Eat at Christmas by author Pen Vogler. UK Dec 14 TAPE HERE

Christmas Past, Christmas Present. early recipe books treatments for hangovers and over indulging. Charlotte Holmes. 1st talk on genetics of family dynamics by Kevin O’Dell. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Dec 9 TAPE HERE

Twelfth Night Cake at the hearth of Pottsgrove Manor PA 1752 and many other cooking at the hearth videos since April! TAPES HERE scroll down

Lucy Worsley's 12 Days of Tudor Christmas PBS 2019 TAPE HERE

Food Glorious Food: Dinner with Dickens. Series of short videos by Pen Volger author of Dinner with Dickens and Christmas with Dickens for 2018-2019 exhibit at Charles Dickens Museum HERE
The original Christmas Pudding Recipe: Cooking with Dickens 10 min TAPE HERE
Delicious Victorian Gingerbread: Cooking with Dickens 9min TAPE HERE
Charles Dickens's Favourite Brandy Punch Recipe: Cooking with Dickens 7 min. TAPE HERE
Alexis Soyer: Victorian Celebrity Chef 3 min TAPE HERE
Toasted Cheese with the Dickenses 2 min TAPE HERE

Calendar of virtual food history talks. Dec has over 170 talks HERE

Holiday talks - Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas HERE

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