Hosted by the Oxford Museum and the Oxford Community Center.

Discover the foods that sustained Marylanders from the earliest days of settlement through Annapolis’s 18th-century Golden Age. This program highlights how diet varied across class, wealth, race, and time, revealing the rich complexity of daily life in colonial Maryland.

Explore the ingredients grown, raised, and harvested locally, and uncover the lasting influence of Indigenous Marylanders, British settlers, and African Americans in shaping the region’s foundational cuisine.

You’ll also take a closer look at the fascinating array of imported goods that arrived by ship—from spices and fine cheeses to tamarind, Durham mustard, and isinglass—offering a glimpse into Maryland’s connections to a wider global marketplace. 

Registration is $10. Register here.