A woman wearing a long, brown cotton dress is standing before an open hearth, stirring a cast-iron pot, when she suddenly jumps back and furiously shakes the skirt of her dress and long apron.

Using a log house and kitchen, “campers” will work together under the supervision of History Center staff and volunteers to prepare lunch on the hearth, plant the History Center’s teaching ...

The Guilford Keeping Society, a nonprofit historical society, will conduct lessons in 18th and 19th century open hearth cooking on Oct. 9 at 9:30 a.m. at the Thomas Griswold House Museum ...