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Spend the day exploring 18th-century food traditions at the Elmendorph Inn! A historic foodways interpreter will demonstrate period cooking techniques using the Inn’s kitchen and hearth, sharing insights into local traditions, seasonality, and the agricultural changes that shaped the Hudson Valley’s past. This program is part of our Hardscrabble Day Open House and will be on-going all day from 10 AM to 4PM. No registration required, but a zoom link will be available for hybrid viewing.

This program is part of our Fall Rev250 Speaker Series, five programs on the Revolution’s impact in Dutchess County and the evolving cultural landscape of the Hudson Valley.

All programs are free to attend. This and require registration in advance. Refreshments provided.

Paid for in part by Dutchess County. Learn more about our Rev250 programming. 

Presenter Bio:
Sara Evenson is a food historian who studies the cultural creation of kitchen spaces in New York's long eighteenth century. Her research explores the material, sensory and architectural ways in which kitchens were created in the past and are currently interpreted at historic sites. Sara is a doctoral candidate in History at University at Albany, SUNY, and has worked and volunteered in living history for over 20 years. In her free time, Sara enjoys recreating historic recipes and growing heirloom crops in her interpretive garden.

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