Recipes sought for historic cookbook.
As part of the 175th anniversary of the charter of Aiken next year, a historic cookbook will be published, covering food and recipes from the early 1800s to the present time. Local resident Kathy Urban Huff is author of the cookbook, as yet unnamed. While her research at the Aiken County Historical Museum, the library, private collections and interviews has yielded much valuable information, she is reaching out to the community for more.
“I want to use as many local Aiken recipes as possible,” Huff said. “There are individuals and families I know of whose histories go way back in Aiken, but I know there are many more I will miss unless they respond to this appeal.” For this reason, she is calling upon the community with deep roots in Aiken to send her copies of old family recipes and cooking stories, “the older the better,” for possible inclusion in the final product.
Huff plans to organize the cookbook into time periods instead of the usual course designations of appetizers, soup, salad, bread, etc. “The cookbook will begin with cooking and recipes from the early 1800s. No one cooks over an open fire any more – unless you count grilling – so the truly old recipes will be of more curiosity than use. However, as food equipment and availability changed through the years, recipes became more interesting and varied. For example, the menus from the grand hotel years are fascinating.” Full Details..
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