Join us for our Fall Rev250 Speaker Series at the Elmendorph Inn and on Zoom, featuring five talks on the Revolution’s impact in Dutchess County and the evolving cultural landscape of the Hudson Valley. Free to attend; registration required to attend via Zoom. Registration form will be available August 2025. Paid for in part by Dutchess County. Learn more about our Rev250 programming.
Harvesting Hudson Valley: 18th Century Foodways at the Historic Elmendorph Inn
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 event is part of our special Hardscrabble Day Open House! Learn more.
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.