An Early American Christmas by Joyce White

Join food historian Joyce White for this presentation chock full of Christmas culinary traditions that have traveled across the Atlantic to make the American celebration what it is today. Christmas candies, breads, cakes, drinks and cookies are described, revealing their origins and the reasons they are associated with the Christmas season. Participants will have the change to taste an original version of a sugarplum, a Twelfth Night Cake, a classic Christmas cookie and a beverage- spiced wassail!