A Culinary Eventing with John & Abigail Adams

Museum of Old Newbury Sponsors A Culinary Evening with John and Abigail Adams

On Thursday, March 26, The Museum of Old Newbury will sponsor an illustrated lecture and book signing of The Culinary Lives of John and Abigail Adam  presented by independent scholar and author Rosana Wan. The program will take place in the Benjamin Lecture Hall at the Cushing House, 98 High Street, Newburyport beginning with a reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by the presentation at 7:00. The Adams family's strong links to Newburyport makes this an appealing topic for many local residents, and it provides a means to present compelling history with the ever popular twist of Massachusetts food ways.

 Ms. Wan will present a fascinating and intimate portrait of early American culinary life documented through the letters and diaries of both John and Abigail Adams.  Throughout their 54-year marriage, John and Abigail Adams enjoyed hearty, diverse cuisine in their native Massachusetts, as well as in New York, Philadelphia, and Europe. Raised with traditional New England palates, they feasted on cod, roast turkey, mince pie, and plum pudding. These recipes, as well as dishes from cookbooks settlers brought from the Old World, such as roast duck, Strawberry Fool, and Whipt Syllabub, are included in this historical cookbook. Join John, who wrote his wife about dinners with upper-class families in Philadelphia while serving in the Second Continental Congress, and Abigail, the loyal and generous hostess who crossed the Atlantic to join the first American Ambassador to Great Britain, on this culinary journey. Together or separate, at home or abroad, this extraordinary couple humbly experienced an international style of cookery that inspired modern American culinary culture.

Tickets for the event are $5 for Museum members and $15 for non members. To reserve a seat, please email info@newburyhistory.org or call 978-462-2681.