Don't miss our next event!
Saturday, September 20, 2025
noon
A Gilded Age Christmas in September
with food historian and author
Becky Diamond
at
Rosemont College Main Building
"Rathalla"
1400 Montgomery Avenue
Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010
talk, tea sandwiches and Gilded Age treat sampling
Come hear all about how Christmas was celebrated during the Gilded Age with food historian Becky Diamond. Her The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook: Cookies and Treats from America's Golden Era will be released. Following Becky's illustrated talk, we will enjoy tea sandwiches and a samplings of desserts featured in the cookbook.
Recipes in The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook have been adapted for today's ingredients and appliances, allowing cooks to recreate them in their own modern kitchens. Each recipe will provide a colorful glimpse into the era, featuring the fascinating history behind each cookie, its ingredients and baking methods. There are also sidebars throughout the book, offering tidbits of Christmas lore of the era.
The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook will be available for purchase at a reduced price of $30 to HFSDV members and Becky will happily autograph the book which makes a perfect Christmas gift.
The program takes place in a Gilded Age mansion built in 1891 for Joseph Sinnott who named it "Rathalla," Irish for "home of the chieftain upon the highest hill." Sinnott was once the sole owner of the largest distillery in America. The mansion was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The building is now part of Rosemont College, which was recently merged with Villanova University.
$20 members
$30 not-yet members
go to www.historicfoodways.org and click under upcoming events to register!
Also check out other Arts events in Bryn Mawr, Literary Art events in Bryn Mawr.
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