Participants spend part of each day at the forge producing implements critical for cooking in the late 1700 and early 1800s. Learn the art and science of hearth cooking by roasting, broiling, boiling & baking food using recipes and techniques from the first half of the 19th century. The class includes instruction on cooking tools and techniques, bake oven skills, and period recipes. Students gain knowledge they can apply to their own hearths with period cooking implements they produce themselves. All ingredients are supplied & participants get to dine on the food they cook. Students will expand their forging and fire skills as well as cooking and recipe knowledge.
This workshop includes:
Gwen Miner has over 30 years of experience in the field of Living History. She has been involved in all levels of the field. Currently, she works freelance, teaching Open Hearth Cooking and part-time at a financial institution.
Steve Mankowski has been doing traditional blacksmithing professionally for 45 years. He is presently the owner of Pine Tree Forge of Williamsburg Va. and works part time with blacksmith Shel Browder at Historic Jamestown Rediscovery. Steve had previously worked at Colonial Williamsburg where he earned his journeyman certificate, The Farmers Museum at Cooperstown NY and Genesee Country Museum in Mumford NY. He has researched and made fine reproduction hardware for home and museum restorations all over the country.
