Colonial Culinary: Marmalade and Jam

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 spread jam on toast, but how did colonists capture summer’s sweetness to last through winter? Their methods for preserving fruit created timeless flavors through clever techniques that might surprise you!