kitchens

A flowering dogwood tree and several hedges frame the Benjamin Powell Kitchen.

Nicotiana or "Flowering Tobacco" blooms in the Benjamin Powell Kitchen Garden in the spring.

In the Peyton Randolph Kitchen, a Foodways Journeywoman cuts a lemon on a work table filled with a cooked ham and a variety of side dishes.

Two interpreters prepare root vegetables for soup and serve up pieces of a fresh baked pumpkin pie in the Great Hopes Plantation Kitchen.

A junior interpreter washes a pot in the Governor's Palace kitchen.

A reproduction copy of Governor Dunmore's Proclamation sits on a table in the Peyton Randolph Kitchen. In November 1775 Virginia's royal governor, John Murray, 4th earl of Dunmore proclaimed Virginia to be in rebellion and placed the population under martial law. He also offered freedom to enslaved men and bonded servants who fought for the King.

Interpreters portray enslaved men and women discussing a reproduction copy of Dunmore's Proclamation in the Peyton Randolph kitchen. In November 1775 Virginia's royal governor, John Murray, 4th earl of Dunmore proclaimed Virginia to be in rebellion and placed the population under martial law. He also offered freedom to enslaved men and bonded servants who fought for the King.

An interpreter enjoys a hearty bowl of root vegetable soup that she helped prepare in the kitchen at Great Hopes Plantation.

Interpreters make root vegetable soup in the kitchen at Great Hopes Plantation.

An interpreter slices a turnip to make root vegetable soup in the kitchen at Great Hopes Plantation.

Detail of an interpreter's hands using a knife to peel a turnip in the kitchen at Great Hopes Plantation.

A chicken is roasted in a reflector oven before the fire in the George Wythe Kitchen as part of Historic Trades Foodways programming.

Plates of food prepared by Historic Trades Foodways staff sit on a table in front of the window in the George Wythe Kitchen.

Detail of a shelves and tables filled with cooking utensils in the George Wythe Kitchen.

Plates of food prepared by Historic Trades Foodways staff sit on a table in front of the window in the George Wythe Kitchen.

Detail of a work table filled with cooking utensils in the George Wythe Kitchen.

Interior view of the George Wythe Kitchen.

Production stills from The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's "Connect" video series. Interpreters in this "Revolutionary City" scene depict reactions to Lord Dunmore's emancipation proclamation. This segment was filmed in the kitchen at Great Hopes Plantation.

Production stills from The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's "Connect" video series. Interpreters in this "Revolutionary City" scene depict reactions to Lord Dunmore's emancipation proclamation. This segment was filmed in the kitchen at Great Hopes Plantation.

Two interpreters work together as they cook in a kitchen in the Historic Area.

Detail of kitchen utensils hanging beside a fireplace in the kitchen of R. Charlton's Coffeehouse.

Still life of musical Instruments used by The Watermans in the Great Hopes Kitchen. l-r: Seed shaker, tambourine, bones; and propped up: baroque guitar, bowl back mandolin, fiddle, and bodhran drum.

Governor's Palace kitchen: interior view with an interpreter using a churn, 1935. F.S. Lincoln Photography Collection. -- Visual Resources Collections. For more information about this collection go to: https://rocklib.omeka.net/collections/show/7

An interpreter serves bread pudding in the kitchen at Great Hopes Plantation.

In Historic Trades Foodways an apprentice prepares food in the Governor's Palace kitchen.