It's easy today to get a loaf of bread, but it hasn't always been that way. In Colonial times, making bread was such a time consuming activity that it could only be done once a week, according to ...

The John Brewer Chapter of Colonial Dames XVII Century meet at The ... Cast iron was perfect to use over an open fire. Food could be cooked by boiling or baked, and coals could be pulled out ...

In 1623, during a period of food scarcity in Plymouth Colony (in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts), the colonial governor William Bradford wrote an oft-cited letter complaining that the “best ...