Food History Education & Consulting Services

Consulting services for historic sites & museum with accurate portrayals of food service and dining styles.

Historically accurate reproduction display foods, drinks, and cleaning products available through the Historic Faux Food Shop via individual consultations.

Virtual lectures on a wide range of food history topics such as chocolate, tea, Maryland foods, Thanksgiving, Christmas and more are available. A limited number of in-person  presentations are also available.

Portal to hundreds of historic recipes as well as articles and videos about historic foods.

In honor of the 60th anniversary of the publications of Maryland's Way, Hammond-Harwood House Cook Book in 1963, historians are collecting recipes to produce a new Maryland's Way companion cookbook that will document and preserve the diversity of Maryland's continually evolving cuisine.

Whether your family's ties to Maryland date back centuries or just a few years, we want to know about the recipes that celebrate your family history & traditions. Submit yours to

Contact Joyce to discuss booking a presentation, providing your site with food history consulting services and/or faux display foods for display, or to inquire about other ways to collaborate.