Georgia's Historical Recipes

Many cookbooks and recipes still exist from Georgia’s early years, yet most have been forgotten. They sit quietly in archives, waiting to be rediscovered. These sources not only preserve traces of delicious foods that are new again to current generations, but they also hold many clues about what home life was like for Georgians in the past. Archivist and writer Valerie J. Frey, author of Georgia’s Historical Recipes: Seeking Our State’s Oldest Written Foodways and the Stories Behind Them (UGA Press, 2025), will help you explore recipes from 1733 through 1945 with a historian’s eye, helping you learn about yesteryear’s cooks and savor a taste of the history of Georgia, the South, and the U.S.A. through foodways.

Copies of Georgia’s Historical Recipes will be available for purchase after the event.

Please note that the speaker welcomes program participants to bring knitting or other quiet handiwork to do as they listen.

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