Victorian Chocolate from the Gilded Age Cookbook
When:
Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025 6:00p -
7:00p
Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025 6:00p -
7:00p
Where:
Online event
Admission:
$5
Hosted by:
Categories:
Food, History, Virtual
Event website:
www.historicnewengland.org
Join Historic New England and food historian Becky Libourel Diamond for a deep dive into Victorian-era chocolate.
Discover
- Some of the timeframe’s most popular chocolate indulgences and why this treat wasn’t fully integrated into American culture until the late nineteenth century.
- The difference between Victorian hot cocoa and hot chocolate
- Innovative chocolate marketing used by Victorian food companies such as the painting by Swiss artist Jean-Etienne Liotard used by Walter Baker of Baker’s Chocolate fame to popularize his hot cocoa.
- The backstory of chocolate cake in America and how its popularity grew rapidly through partnerships between cookbook authors and chocolate companies.
- Take part in a discussion of popular Victorian chocolate desserts, including jellies, meringues, macaroons, ice cream, syrups and a luscious Baker’s Chocolate recipe for Chocolate Charlotte.
Advance tickets required.
Please call 617-994-6678 for more information.
The link for the webinar will be included in the order confirmation for this program.
