Archaeology… Looking for My Past 12 Mar 20171 Apr 2023 I need some help from old friends and colleagues. When I retired from my position at VCU, it was necessary for me to simply walk away without looking back, without…
essay… Mary Randolph, The Virginia Housewife and the “Other” American Revolution 7 Jan 201725 Feb 2022 "Mrs. David Meade Randolph" by Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de, 1770-1852, artist - Library of Congress The first regional cookbook in America was Mary Randolph’s The Virginia Housewife. Published…
Archaeology… Reading “Jane Randolph Her Book.” 7 Jan 2017 To make Alamode Beef Take a Bullocks heart cut of ye Strings Skinns & Deaf ears & fat then Stick it with a Scewer in many Places, then take…
Archaeology… Making Mrs. Cary’s “Good Ale.” Brewing Beer in Colonial Virginia 7 Jan 20177 Jan 2017 A version of this article appeared in Brew Your Own magazine in January 2003. See that edited version here: http://byo.com/stories/issue/item/479-colonial-ale Have you ever dreamed about digging in the ground…
Archaeology… ArchaeoBeer: Digging up Ancestral Brews 25 Sep 20167 Jan 2017 copyright L. Daniel Mouer 2007 By L. Daniel Mouer, PhD (archaeologist) and his alter-ego, Dan Mouer (home brewer) Archaeology and beer just seem to go together, and it’s not just…
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