We are pleased to announce that How We Ate: Pennsylvania Dutch Foodways of Town and Country Until 1830 by Alan Keyser is restocked in the Heritage Gift Shop just in time for holiday giving. Stop in and pick up yours during our public hours of Tuesday through Saturday 10am–4pm and Sunday 1–4pm. Each book costs $60 plus tax.
During Christmas Market, December 5 and 6, we will be your sole venue for purchase of the book.
You also can order a copy to be shipped to you by emailing info@schwenkfelder.org or calling 215-769-3103. The cost inclusive of tax and shipping is $76. You may give us a credit card number or write a check to the “Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center.”
How We Ate, which first published in 2024, is the culmination of decades of research by Keyser in everything associated with food within the Pennsylvania Dutch culture. The massive tome describes the places where cooking took place, the types of foods eaten, the procurement of ingredients, and even recipes from old “receipt books.” Thoroughly indexed, it provides the scholar as well as the interested reader with detail and delight.