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General Membership Meeting

March 18, 2019 @ 7:30 pm

Open Hearth Cooking

Mercy Ingraham, an expert in open hearth cooking, will be speaking about historic cooking techniques. You may have seen Mercy’s skills on display at the annual NHA Holiday Open House Tour or Market Day. She has been published in Early American Life and is the author and co-author of several books on Colonial Cookery.

Mercy will be explaining the differences between 21st century cooking and that of the 18th century. She will share cooking techniques for cooking chicken on a string and making flatbread baked on the coals of the fire. Come and learn all about how to prepare food the colonial way!

Details

Date:
March 18, 2019
Time:
7:30 pm

Venue

Half-moon Inn (Court Inn)
105 Court St
Newtown, PA 18940
Phone
(215) 968-4004

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