The Williamsburg cookbook cover

The Williamsburg cookbook

by Letha Booth

Guests return again and again for the delicious dishes served at Colonial Williamsburg's famed taverns and restaurants Chowning's Tavern Brunswick stew, Christiana Campbell's spoon bread, Shields Tavern syllabubs. In this best-selling cookbook, 193 traditional and contemporary recipes have been compiled and adapted for the home kitchen. Commentary discusses the cooking and eating habits of our colonial ancestors. Updated and enlarged by the staff of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
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  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?