Festive Maryland Recipes Cookbook

Kara Mae Harris, author of Festive Maryland Recipes: Holiday Traditions from the Old Line State, has long been a cookbook connoisseur and collector of around 300-something Maryland cookbooks. With recipes also gathered from libraries and manuscripts, this expedition through history and geography weaves together the stories of people from around the world who have made a home in Maryland. Harris, a self-described hobbyist recipe collector, and amateur food historian, put an incredible amount of time and energy into research. It took her all over Maryland: from the Eastern Shore, down to Saint Michaels, and to the Chesapeake Maritime Museum where she searched photo archives. She credits Digital Maryland, Enoch Pratt Free Library, and several institutions in Maryland as resources for photos and newspaper clippings.Indulge in a Kinkling on Fat Tuesday; celebrate Passover and Easter in East Baltimore; taste cookies from the oldest Maryland cookbook; be the first to visit neighbors on New Ye