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It was during the Gilded Age that many of the Christmas traditions still celebrated today in America began to become mainstream.
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From sugar plums to plum pudding, each recipe in "The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook" provides a colorful glimpse into the era, featuring the fascinating history behind each confection, its ingredients and baking methods. In this program, based on the book, the author will touch on holiday lore of the time, with backstories of now-ubiquitous Christmas customs such as Santa Claus, the Christmas tree and Christmas cards, interspersed with tales of Gilded Age holiday debutante parties, teas and grand balls.
Author: Becky Libourel Diamond is a food writer, librarian, and research historian. Her most recent book, "The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook", blends Gilded Age details and celebrity stories with historic holiday menus and recipes updated for modern kitchens. She is also the author of "The Gilded Age Cookbook", "The Thousand Dollar Dinner and Mrs. Goodfellow: The Story of America’s First Cooking School". She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Rider University and a master’s of library service degree from Rutgers University. She has worked as a business librarian at Rutgers–New Brunswick since 2020. Her current project is a history of Philadelphia's famous City Tavern restaurant. She lives in Yardley, Pennsylvania.
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