How Two Bloggers Re-Purpose Centuries-Old Recipes For Modern Cooks – The Washington Post

January 19, 2015 By Captain Maiel Leave a Comment

This has got to be the coolest find yet! It’s perfect for this blog too, between history and cooking. What better than to marry cooking and historical studies. A young woman in my cohort was doing just that in her degree program. Excellent!

Alyssa Connell, a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, and her partner Marissa Nicosia, graduate, are using their skills to interpret and cook each recipe inside the 18th century cookbook they’ve found. These centuries-old recipes are no easy task. We don’t communicate the same and probably some of the items on the list are scarce to get in the United States, but Miss Connell and Miss Nicosia persevere. My hats off to them. They’ve got a foot in three of my favorite topics: Literature, History and Cooking!

Find out more about Alyssa Connell and Marissa Nicosia here on the Washington Post article featuring their work:

How Two Bloggers Re-Purpose Centuries-Old Recipes For Modern Cooks

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Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, K has enjoyed more than twenty years professionally writing. K attended Morrisville State College, majoring in Biology, and then continued with English and History at the University at Albany, where she gained her Bachelor’s Degree. While attending UA, K interned with the 13th Moon Feminist Literary Magazine, bridging her interests in social movements and art. Topics of K's writing often include gender and racial disparities, and trauma. In 2014, K graduated from Empire State College (SUNY) with a Masters in Liberal Studies: screenwriting (Film Studies), the politics of film, and adaptations. During her gradute work, K was the recipient of the Foner Fellowship in Arts and Social Justice, a full scholarship.
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Published novels by K include the Civil War drama Blue Honor, the Second World War spy thriller OP-DEC:Operation Deceit, and the controversial dark fantasy, paranormal series The Trailokya Trilogy. In addition to writing novels, K does screenwriting: 8 Days in Ireland and the adaptations of her current novels. A sequel to her second novel, OP-DEC, is in the research phase, while the screen adaptation is being considered for production by film companies.
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In 2015, K. Williams became an official member of International Thriller Writers, but her greatest accomplishment thus far was becoming a mother in 2017. K continues to produce commentary and art pieces on The Blue Honor Blog, publishing twice weekly. A devoted dog mom, K created Shagbottom Theater in which her dogs star as well known literary and stage personas. K is also a visual artist, producing the ZoDuck Cartoon, painting and sketching--digitally or traditionally, as well as an accomplished Photographer. Click here to see more! Whether it's cooking, IVF and Parenting, learning a foreign language, history or dogs, you'll find something to enjoy and for which to come back.
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