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Selected Recipes from Colonial Williamsburg
See a full list of Colonial Williamsburg's cookbooks. Read about the Historic Foodways trade.

Apple Tansey
from The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion by E. Smith, published in London, 1754.

Carolina Fish Muddle
from Christiana Campbell's Tavern

Gazpacho
from Shields Tavern

Gingerbread and Holiday Wassail
from Raleigh Tavern Bake Shop

Peanut Soup
from King's Arms Tavern

Pennsylvania Dutch Apple Dumplings
from Christiana Campbell's Tavern

Sheperd's Pie
from Chowning's Tavern

Veal Chop with Celery, Mushrooms, Thyme, and Port Wine
from King's Arms Tavern

Summer Luncheon on the Terrace of the Williamsburg Inn
Chilled Cream of Asparagus Soup, Avocados stuffed with Crabmeat Rémoulade and Caramel Custard

Welsh Rabbit
from Chowning's Tavern

Bourbon Balls
from “The Williamsburg Cookbook”

King's Arms Tavern Meringues
from King's Arms Tavern

Williamsburg Lodge Corn Chowder
from “The Williamsburg Cookbook”

King's Arms Creamed Celery with Pecans
from “The Williamsburg Cookbook”

Collops of Salmon
from “The Colonial Williamsburg Tavern Cookbook”

Tidewater Chili
from “Entertaining Ideas from Williamsburg”

Pumpkin Gnocci
