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Hopkinton Historical Society & the Hopkinton Garden Club: Cooking With Herbs

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On Sunday, October 14, 2012, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., please join the Hopkinton Historical Society and the Hopkinton Garden Club for an afternoon with Christie Higginbottom learning how to cook with herbs.

Presenting in 19th century costume, Christie will whet your appetite with her slide-illustrated lecture "According to Your Taste": Cooking with Herbs in the 1800s”. She’ll explore growing and using culinary herbs, or "pot herbs," as they were often known. These time-honored plants improved the digestion as well as adding flavor, preserving, and embellishing dishes of all kinds. Looking at historic recipes brings herbs to the table paired with meats, vegetables, breads, salads, dairy products, beverages, and desserts.

A handout recipe booklet will be provided.

Christie Higginbottom has worked as a costumed interpreter at Old Sturbridge Village (OSV) since 1981. From 1984 to 2004, she coordinated the historic horticulture program researching, planning, and planting the re-created kitchen and flower gardens at the museum’s historic households. She also supervised the Village’s Herb Garden collection, a garden exhibiting over 300 varieties of historic herbs. From 2004 to 2006 she researched and developed a series of self-guided walking trails interpreting people and the environment in the early 1800s. Now retired from full-time work at OSV, she continues to work in costume part-time – most often in the gardens, and to present garden programs for the Village.

Take a step back with us to the 1800’s kitchen at the Historical Society building, 168 Hayden Rowe Street, Hopkinton, MA.

Donations are welcome at the time of the performance to help defray the cost of the event.

For more information contact Ray Gendreau (Hopkinton Historical Society), email ray1942@Verizon.net or phone 508-435-9865