Book Launch-Cooking Maryland’s Way: Voices of a Diverse Cuisine

Press Release: Cooking Maryland’s Way

Please join us in celebration of the launch of the new Maryland food history book on September 8, 2024 at 1 p.m. at the Hammond Harwood House in Annapolis. Meet and greet the author Joyce White, get your copy and have it signed.

In 1963, the Hammond-Harwood House Association published Maryland’s Way, The Hammond-Harwood House Cook Book, which includes over 700 recipes sourced from centuries old manuscript recipe books and contributions from Marylanders from across the state. Since its inception over 60 years ago, it has sold over 100,000 copies and is still in demand today.

In the new companion book, Cooking Maryland's Way: Voices of a Diverse Cuisine, food historian Joyce M. White, supported by several contributing authors, reflects on the chief cultural influences of Maryland's early foundational cuisine: Native American, African American, German, and British.

Extensive research on both the foods and their method of preparation brings the history of Maryland’s diverse cuisine into sharp focus. Voices of key individuals who shaped Maryland's early culinary history are also resurrected. They include those of indigenous Marylanders; African Americans such as Sybby Grant, Caroline Hammond, Agnes Moody, Lucy Smith, and Joseph Peterson; and German immigrants such as Shinah Solomon Etting. In sharing their stories and those of others, this new volume pays tribute to the legacy of early Maryland’s skilled culinary artisans.

September 8, 2024 at Hammond-Harwood House

Time: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Doors Open at 1 p.m.

1:30 p.m. Brief reading of the food history book by the author, Joyce White

2:00 p.m. to 4 p.m. Meet & Greet with the author and signing of purchased books.

Available for presales at

hammondharwoodhouse.org