Colonial Culinary: Herbed Butter

Calling all history buffs and food explorers!

Join our 2026 Colonial Cooking series to meet the ingredients, recipes, and techniques that built early America. We’ll chop, mix, and bake our way through history, learning the stories behind the staples and demystifying the daily life of the past. Get ready for a hands-on taste of history that will change how you see food!

We’ve all enjoyed the simple pleasure of butter, but how did colonists transform it into a flavorful staple using garden herbs? Their methods for creating and preserving herbed butter reveal a world of timeless culinary ingenuity!