Heart to Hearth Cookery

May 16th was my first 18th century confectionery workshop and it was great fun to teach!  The students were successful in preparing sugar in the first degree for twelve charges on carraway seeds (comfits), using the syllabub engine, making isinglass flummery in fish molds, and sugar plate.  The devoted volunteers of Bolton Mansion were extrememly helpful keeping an eye to what we were doing at the hearth while they were replacing the beautiful columns in front of the Mansion.  I will be at the hearth again for the Friends of Bolton Mansion at their Summer Festival August 1.  I look forward to the next hearth cooking class  which will be November 14th, 2009 when class participants will prepare a meal at the hearth and enjoy the meal with wine in the oldest part of the Mansion. I list all my classes at www.hearttohearthcookery.com.