What is the oldest pantry in the world? Archaeologists may have found it, and it’s roughly 11,000 years old. A 2009 study published in the Proceedings
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Historical pantry goals What made an ideal 19th century pantry? George Champlin Mason wrote about updating a pantry to meet then-modern standards in ‘The Old House
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How was food, china, flatware, and glassware stocked, stored, prepared and served on 19th century passenger ships like the Titanic, the Majestic, the Lusitania, the Olympic,
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If your pantry is stocked with these items you will be prepared for the flu, colds, and repiratory illnesses like hantavirus (which is emerging in May
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A pantry article excerpted from June 10, 1890 ‘Good Housekeeping’ Vol II No. 4 “There are a few departments of housekeeping in which women should take
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An early 20th century camp wagon portable pantry is the Victorian version of the modern travel trailer and motor home. American interest in recreational camping, and
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When we think of a pantry we can’t help but think of pie. These are the best tools for the pie pantry. Are you well stocked?
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The Gilded Age kitchen and pantry of Elm Court has been updated but retains all of its original character. At the time of this post Elm
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The fictional Overlook Hotel has a pantry we wouldn’t want to tour in person, even if we could. We are introduced to the Overlook hotel’s pantry
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Eula McClary spent ten days as a guest of the Atlantic fleet on an American battleship in 1917. She wrote about meal preparation and food storage
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Cardinal Wolsey’s pantry and kitchen at Cardinal College (now known as Christ Church College, Oxford) date back to 1525. They were built when he was one
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Emily Dickinson’s cousin Louise Norcross describes Emily writing in the pantry. “And I know that Emily Dickinson wrote most emphatic things in the pantry, so cool
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Brambly Hedge books, written and illustrated by Jill Barklem, feature the intricate world of the Brambly Hedge mice. Rooms are carved out of tree trunks and
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A section of our cellar pantry shelves are filled with home-canned tomatoes, applesauce, plums in sugar syrup, small jars of drunken cherries, dilly beans, pickles, grape
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Pantry descriptions from the Wind in The Willows, written by Kenneth Grahame, and published in 1908. Mole, Ratty, Mr. Toad, and Mr. Badger’s pantry descriptions are
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What kind of traveling pantry holds enough food and gear to travel across the American west on cattle drives? That would be a cowboy pantry, also
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The pantry in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book By The Shores of Silver Lake sustained the Ingalls family during the winter of 1879-1880. Laura Ingalls Wilder and
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Get fully stocked and prepared for cool weather with fall pantry staples. From football game snacks and tailgate parties to quick dinners in cooler fall evenings
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Is your pantry prepared for warm weather with these summer pantry staples? Summer pantry staples for picnics and cookouts to quick dinners and lunches on hot
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What did the Wright brothers cook from their extremely well-organized pantry? The Wright brothers spent months, from late August to December of 1901, 1902, and 1903,
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This recipe for lemon pie dates to an 1889 White House cookbook where it appears as “LEMON PIE. No. 1. (Superior)” attributed to the (now long
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Don’t let those pretty tea towels and vintage kitchen towels just sit in the drawer. These functional and beautiful kitchen towels can do everything a paper
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The most fantastic fictional farmhouse pantry is found in Jude Deveraux’s The Mulberry Tree. The pantry is key to the plot in the book, and she
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This biscuit recipe is adapted from the recipe in the book Of Cabbages and Kings by William Rhode.
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An easy peasy strawberry rhubarb pie from scratch. Plus, this crust can be used for many other sweet or savory pies, and even quiche.
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