Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Greim/Getty Images If you could go back and sit down to dinner in 1776, the scene would probably look far more practical and ...

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) — Have you ever thought about how people made bread in the times before the American Revolution? Volunteers at Pricketts Fort put on a demonstration on Tuesday, showing off just ...

An amulet of green peas is not a funky piece of jewelry. A Colonial amulet is a dish of eggs, cream and a vegetable, similar to an omelet, and that’s what fourth through eighth graders will be making ...

Pity the young women living in this new nation around the time of the Revolution. Their first chore, even if they were from families of wealth or prestige, was to find a husband. Do you think the ...

You don’t need a time machine to experience Colonial-era cooking in Lancaster County. From April to October each year at Rock Ford Plantation in Lancaster, a group of culinary volunteers gathers to ...

According to New York Times food writer Amanda Hesser, “Dictionary writers are not kind to flummery. The innocent pudding is referred to as “bland custard” and “a sort of pap.” … Those lexicographers ...